Editing Nezha (section)

=== Origin ===
According to [[Meir Shahar]], the name Nezha comes from [[Nalakuvara]], depicted as a heroic [[yaksha]] general in the [[Mahamayuri]]. The link to Nalakuvara is established through variants in his Chinese name appearing in translations of Tantric Buddhist Texts.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Li|first=Zhuying|date=2024-02-22 |title=The transformation of images of Nezha and the changing cultural discourses in Chinese national style animated films from 1979 to 2019 |journal=Humanities and Social Sciences Communications |volume=11|issue=1 |doi=10.1057/s41599-024-02802-2 |issn=2662-9992|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wei |first=Mengxue |date=2024 |title=Mediatization of Religion and Its Impact on Youth Identity Formation in Contemporary China|journal=Religions |language=en |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=268 |doi=10.3390/rel15030268 |doi-access=free |issn=2077-1444}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Cangianto |first=Ardian|date=2022-12-30 |title=Chinese Temples and Buddhism Unite In Harmony |journal=Jurnal Nyanadassana: Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan, Sosial Dan Keagamaan |volume=1|issue=2 |pages=107–119 |doi=10.59291/jnd.v1i2.15 |issn=2964-3562|doi-access=free }}</ref>

The original variant Naluojiupoluo ({{lang|zh-Hant|那羅鳩婆羅}}) changed to Naluojubaluo ({{lang|zh-Hant|捺羅俱跋羅}}), Nazhajuwaluo ({{lang|zh-Hant|那吒矩韈囉}}) and finally Nazha ({{lang|zh-Hant|那吒}}). The simple addition of the "[[Radical 30|mouth radical]]" ({{lang|zh-Hant|口}}) to Na ({{lang|zh-Hant|那}}) changes the name to the current form Nezha ({{lang|zh-Hant|哪吒}}).

In addition, Nalakuvara's father Kubera was eventually absorbed into the Buddhist pantheon as the Heavenly King [[Vaiśravaṇa]]. Shahar notes that Vaisravana was somehow connected to the historical Tang Dynasty general [[Li Jing (Tang dynasty)|Li Jing]]. This explains the name and position of Nezha's father, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King [[Li Jing (deity)|Li Jing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://asia.haifa.ac.il/pdf/dep-seminar-meir-sahar.pdf |title=Nezha's connections to India Deities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005333/http://asia.haifa.ac.il/pdf/dep-seminar-meir-sahar.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-26}}</ref>