Indian history tells us about many such snakes that have the ability to transform into any form, known as Ichchadhari (wishful) snakes. They can even take the form of humans and are considered quite divine. The story of the origin of these serpents in Indian mythology is quite interesting. According to legend, once a pair of Naag (male snake) and Naagin (female snake) were mating in the forest. Then suddenly some hunters caught sight of them, and out of fear, the hunter attacked the snakes, due to which the male snake (Naag) died on the spot, and Naagin became badly injured.
Naagin was greatly pained by this incident, but unable to do anything. So it started worshiping Lord Shiva and doing penance in demand of justice. After a long time, Lord Shiva appeared and blessed it with many supernatural powers. Now the Naagin could change its form whenever it wanted, as well as it could kill anyone with its power. Now because this pair was of cobra species, it is believed that from that day onwards, if a cobra completes the age of 100 years, it becomes eligible to become a wish-fulfilling snake. Now at the time of Swati Nakshatra, when it drinks raindrops, those drops turn into Naagmani (snake-stone), also known as Sarpamani and that snake becomes Ichchadhari.
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This Naagmani has all the powers of a snake and it glows in the dark, with the help of which the snake hunts at night. Naagmani fulfills the wishes of the snake and at the same time, it provides a long healthy life to the snake. The Nagmani is considered one of the 9 precious stones and if a person acquires it, he too can live a healthy life of 100 years. He never lacks money and even his wishes start getting fulfilled. For this Naagmani, Snake charmers, also called Sapera, used to search for Icchadhari snakes in olden times and there are hundreds of such stories in Indian folklores where the Snake charmers encountered Icchadhari snakes.
Even the Hindu text Mahabharata epic begins with the history of Nagas, mentioning the Naga tribe, a supernatural serpent race. When Arjuna was in exile, he met a snake girl (Naga princess), who took him to the underground world and proposed for marriage. Her name was Ulupi. Arjuna married that Naga princess and later, she gave birth to a son, who was even mightier than arjuna.
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