The Sanskrit terms Avabhāsanaśikhin and Avabhāsanaśikhī can be transliterated into English as Avabhasanasikhin or Avabhasanashikhin or Avabhasanasikhi or Avabhasanashikhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Avabhāsanaśikhin (अवभासनशिखिन्) is the name of a seven-crested Snake-king (nāgarāja), according to the 2nd-century Meghasūtra (“Cloud Sutra”) in those passages which contain ritual instructions.—Accordingly, “[...] For thrice seven days uninterruptedly, with cow-dung, in the eastern quarter the snake-king called Triple-crest, with his retinue, must be painted; in the western, the snake king called Avabhāsanaśikhin is to be painted, seven crested, with a retinue of serpents; in the north, the snake-king called Meghasaṃcodana, nine-crested, is to be depicted; a blue canopy and blue dress, blue banner and all the offering is to be made blue; but the sweet offering to the snakes, and the triple-sweet, must be offered,—an oblation of all; [...]”

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Avabhāsanaśikhin (अवभासनशिखिन्).—name of a nāga, Mahāvyutpatti 3357; of a nāga-king, Megh 308.9 (here with the epithet saptaśīrṣa; see Saptaśīrṣaka, apparently the same personage).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avabhāsanaśikhin (अवभासनशिखिन्):—[=ava-bhāsana-śikhin] [from ava-bhāsana > ava-bhās] m. Name of a Nāga demon, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Avabhasanashikhin in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Shikhi, Sikhin, Avabhashana.

Full-text: Saptashirshaka, Meghasamcodana.

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