Taming the Serpent King Nandopananda: Historicity, Transmission and Translation of Pali and Tibetan Discourse Book

Nandopanandanagadamanakatha or the discourse of taming the Serpent Nandopananda is a tale of the heroic feats performed by Elder Mahamoggallana using his supernatural powers (abhinna). It belongs to Pali commentaries and the similar story is very popular among Theravada Buddhist countries with different titles such as or Taming the Naga in Sinhalese and or the Royal Thai Version of Nandopananda Discourse in Thai.