[41] ^ In the Mahavamsa as in truth in the ancient Sanskrit and Pali literature generally speaking, the Nagas are by no means represented as human beings, but as a category of superhuman beings, who inhabited a subterranean earth. Phaya Nak or Phaya Nāga (Thai: พญานาค; RTGS: phaya nak; https://gunnererdrc.blogrelation.com/34024072/23naga-no-further-a-mystery