ABSTRACT
At that time a great cloud appeared out of season, rainy weather which lasted seven days, cold weather, storms and darkness. And the Naga (or Serpent) king Muchalinda came out from his abode, and seven times encircled the body of the Blessed One, with his windings, and kept extending his large hood over the Blessed On~'s head, thinking to himself: "May no cold (come to) the Blessed One; May no heat (come to) the Blessed One; May no touch
