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Naga Shaurya (నాగ శౌర్య)
Naga Shaurya (నాగ శౌర్య), also Naga Shourya Mulpuri, Telugu actor-producer-writer; breakthrough Oohalu Gusagusalade (2014), hit Chalo (2018) via family banner IRA Creations; birth year conflictingly reported 1987, 1989, 1991.
Naga shawls
Naga shawls are handwoven textiles made by the Naga peoples of Nagaland in northeast India, where patterns and colors record the wearer's tribe, clan, gender, and rank.
Naga sodhana
Naga sodhana (Naga Shodhana) is the Ayurvedic purification of lead: repeated melting and quenching in sesame oil, buttermilk, kanji, cow urine, and horse gram decoction, producing Shodhita Naga for Naga bhasma preparation.
Naga, Camarines Sur
Naga (Ciudad nin Naga) is an independent component city in Camarines Sur, Bicol, Philippines; population 210,545 (2024), founded 1575 as Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres, chartered 1948, proclaimed the country's 34th highly urbanized city in 2026.
Nagabandham: The Secret Treasure
Nagabandham: The Secret Treasure is a 2026 Indian mythological action-adventure film. Directed by Abhishek Nama, it was released theatrically in July and later on Amazon Prime Video.
Nāgabhata
Nāgabhata (नागभट) is the name of several historical figures, most prominently two Pratihāra kings, one attested in A.D. 815, and the Sanskrit grammarian Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, considered the last great grammarian of the Pāṇinian school.
Nagabhata I
Nagabhata I (नागभट्ट प्रथम) was a king of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty who reigned from around 730 CE and is remembered chiefly for repelling Arab invasions from Sindh.
Nagabhata II
Nagabhata II (नागभट द्वितीय) was a Gurjara-Pratihara king of northern India, c. 800–833 CE, who seized Kannauj from Chakrayudha, defeated the Palas, and lost to the Rashtrakuta Govinda III.
Nagabonar
Nagabonar (Naga Bonar), 1986/1987 Indonesian comedy-drama by M.T. Risyaf, written by Asrul Sani, starring Deddy Mizwar as a pickpocket turned self-appointed general; won six 1987 FFI Citra Awards including Best Film.
Nagachandra
Nagachandra (ನಾಗಚಂದ್ರ), a 12th-century Kannada Jain poet titled Abhinava Pampa, wrote the Pampa Ramayana, the first Kannada Ramayana, where Lakshmana slays a tragic Ravana, and the Mallinathapurana.
Nagagopal Venna
Nagagopal Venna is a neurologist and neuroimmunologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, known for early work on HIV neurological complications and rare autoimmune disorders.
Nagahiro Minato
Nagahiro Minato (湊 長博) is a Japanese immunologist known for research on PD-1 with Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo, and president of Kyoto University from 2020 to 2026.
Nagahiro Saijo
Nagahiro Saijo (西條長宏) is a Japanese medical oncologist known for lung cancer drug trials, founding the Japan Society of Medical Oncology, and leading the JCOG 9511 trial.
Nagai Kafū
Nagai Kafū (永井荷風), real name Nagai Sōkichi, was a Japanese novelist and essayist who chronicled Tokyo's pleasure quarters and whose wartime diary Danchōtei nichijō records life on the home front.
Nagakura Shinpachi
Nagakura Shinpachi, later known as Sugimura Yoshie, was a Japanese samurai who captained the Second Unit of the Shinsengumi and was one of few senior members to survive into the Meiji era.
Nagaland
Nagaland: northeastern Indian hill state, 16th state of the Union (1 December 1963), capital Kohima, 16,579 sq km, 17 districts and 17 major tribes, Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, Saramati peak 3,840 m.
Nagama Nayaka
Nagama Nayaka (నాగమ నాయక) was a Vijayanagara commander and treasury officer of the mid-16th century, remembered as the father of Visvanatha Nayaka, founder of the Madurai Nayak kingdom.
Nagamaki (長巻)
The nagamaki (長巻) is a Japanese sword with a cord-wrapped hilt as long as its blade, wielded with sweeping two-handed cuts from the Nanboku-chō period through the Sengoku period.
Nagamandala (ನಾಗಮಂಡಲ)
Nagamandala (ನಾಗಮಂಡಲ) is a 1997 Kannada drama film directed by T. S. Nagabharana, adapted from Girish Karnad's play, starring Prakash Raj and Vijayalakshmi in a folklore tale of a cobra visiting a neglected bride in her husband's form.
Nagananda
Nagananda (नागानन्द, "Joy of the Serpents") is a Sanskrit drama in five acts attributed to King Harsha, the seventh-century ruler of Thanesar and Kanauj, dramatizing Prince Jimutavahana's self-sacrifice to save the serpent race from Garuda.
Naganika
Naganika (नागणिका) was a Satavahana queen consort of the Deccan, wife of King Satakarni in the first century BCE, known from the Naneghat inscription near Junnar.
Nagano (illustrator)
Nagano (ナガノ), born 1988, is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist, creator of Chiikawa (なんか小さくてかわいいやつ) and Nagano's Bear; LINE sticker origins, Kodansha publication, 2022 TV anime, 2024 Noma award. Distinct from Nagano Noriko and photographer Nagano Shigeichi.
Nagano Prefecture (長野県)
Nagano Prefecture (長野県), also called Shinshu, is a landlocked central-Japan prefecture corresponding to old Shinano province, capital Nagano City, 13,562 km², 2025 census population 1,953,866, formed in 1876, host of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Nagano, Nagano
Nagano (長野市, Nagano-shi) is the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, Japan, home to Zenkoji Temple (founded 642). Population 357,416 (Oct 2026); area 834.81 km²; served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen; sister city Clearwater, Florida.
Nagant M1895
The Nagant M1895, also called the Nagant revolver, is a seven-shot service revolver adopted by Imperial Russia in 1895, known for its gas-seal cylinder design.
Nagao Ariga
Nagao Ariga (有賀長雄, 1860–1921) was a Japanese jurist and historian, a pioneer of international law in Meiji Japan and legal advisor to Yuan Shikai from 1913.
Nagao Kento
Nagao Kento (長尾 謙杜, Kento Nagao, born 2002 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese idol, actor, and singer, a member of the group Naniwa Danshi.
Nagao Kobayashi
Nagao Kobayashi (小林 長夫) is a Japanese chemist known for his work on phthalocyanines, porphyrinoids, and magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy, spending most of his career at Tohoku University.
Nagaoka
Nagaoka (長岡市, Nagaoka-shi) is Niigata Prefecture's second-largest city, Japan, on the Sea of Japan along the Shinano River; about 250,000 residents, 891.26 km², known for the Kome Hyappyo tradition and the Nagaoka Festival fireworks.
Nagaoka Ridge
Nagaoka Ridge: elongated undersea ridge in the North Pacific Ocean (about 24.04 N, 144.27 E), 80 x 20 km, relief 3,536 m; discovered 1987 by survey vessel Takuyo, named for geologist Shinji Nagaoka.