The Sanskrit term Indrayaṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Indrayasti or Indrayashti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Indrayaṣṭi (इन्द्रयष्टि).—f. (nowhere recorded in this sense, which = Sanskrit indra-cāpa etc.), (1) rainbow: Lalitavistara 296.17 (verse) ke cāgatā vimalaketu yathendrayaṣṭyaḥ, bright-colored as rainbows; Śikṣāsamuccaya 258.9 (verse) yatha naru iha indrayaṣṭi (Tibetan ḥjaḥ, rainbow) dṛṣṭvā vimṛśati aṅgaśu (= °śas) niḥsva- bhāva śūnyam; (2) name of a nāga: Mahāvyutpatti 3358.

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

Indrayaṣṭi (इन्द्रयष्टि):—[=indra-yaṣṭi] [from indra] m. Name of Nāga.

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Partial matches: Yashti, Indra.

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