सिश्नदेव (siznadeva)

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Vedic Reference

English

 Siśna-deva,  occurring twice in the Rigveda^1 in the plural, 
means ‘those who have the phallus for a deity.’ The term
most probably refers to the phallus worship of the aborigines.
1) vii. 21,  5
 x. 99,  3. Cf. Zimmer, 
Altindisches Leben,  118
 Hopkins, 
Religions of India,  150
 von Schroeder, 
Vienna Oriental Journal,  9,  237
 Mac-
donell,  Vedic Mythology,  155
 Keith, 
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society,  1911, 
1002,  n. 5.

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