Sāgara (Dragon King)

Dragon King Sāgara
Dragon King Sāgara
Sanskrit	सागरनागराज ; Sāgaranāgarāja
Chinese	娑竭羅龍王; 娑伽羅龍王; 沙羯羅龍王 ; (Pinyin: Suōjiéluó Lóngwáng or Suōjiāluó Lóngwáng or Shājiéluó Lóngwáng)
Japanese	娑竭羅竜王; 娑伽羅竜王; 沙羯羅竜王 ; (romaji: Shagara Ō or Shakara Ō)
Korean	사갈라용왕; (RR: Sagalla Yongwang)
Tagalog	Sagala
Tibetan	ཀླུའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་རྒྱ་མཚོ།; Wylie: klu’i rgyal po rgya mtsho
Vietnamese	Sa Già La Long Vương; Sa Kiệt La Long Vương
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Venerated by	Mahāyāna; (Dīrgha Āgama); (Lotus Sutra); (Avataṃsaka Sūtra); (Golden Light Sutra); (Mahāyāna Abhisamaya Sūtra) (大乘同性經); (Daśabhadrakarmamārga Sūtra) (十善業道經); (Sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchā Sūtra); (Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra);
Attributes	Nāga King; God of rain
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Sāgara is a prominent nāgarāja or dragon king in Mahayana Buddhism. His name comes from the Sanskrit word meaning “ocean.”