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'''Nagananda''' (''Joy of the Serpents'') is a Sanskrit play attributed to king Harsha (606 C.E. - 648 C.E.).
''Nagananda'' is one of the best Sanskrit dramas in five acts dealing with the popular story of Jimutavahana's self-sacrifice to save the Nagas. The unique characteristic of this drama is the invocation to lord Buddha in the Nandi verse, which is considered as one of the best examples of the dramatic compositions.
''Nagananda'' is the story of how prince Jimutavahana gives up his own body to stop a sacrifice of serpents to the divine Garuda.

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★ ''Nagananda'' - Translated by Palmer Boyd (http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/nagananda_boyd.pdf)