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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 105, col. 2.
    anuśikha Tatpur.(?) The name of a serpent which according

    to a legend in the Pañchavinśa-Brāhmaṇa officiated as Potṛ-

    priest in a sacrifice performed to conquer Death. E. anu

    and śikha, the name of another serpent-priest.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 39, col. 3.
    anu-śikha m. N. of a Nāga or snake priest, PBr.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 223.
    anuśikha (1. anu + śikha) m. N. pr. eines Schlangenpriesters PAÑCAV. BR. in Ind. St. I, 35.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 58, col. 1.
    anuśikha m. N.pr. eines Schlangenpriesters TĀṆḌYA-BR. 25,15,3.

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    vol. 1, p. 23.
    Anu-śikha is the name of the Potṛ at the snake festival in the

    Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.1 [Footnote] 1) xxv. 15. Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 35.