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Fun fact:

The name, Nagini, derives from the Sanskrit word for "a deity or class of entity or being taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the king cobra, found in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81ga




Which is no doubt the source for the name Nagini in the Harry Potter books (the familiar of the big bad, Lord Voldemort; a magically-enhanced snake.)


We actually named it after the Harry Potter snake :) There was a wiki at some point that stated that Nagini was a hybrid between a Python and a Viper (Viper is the verification framework that we build on), so that's why.




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