# शिश्नदेव
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শিশ্নদেৱ (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬶᬰ᭄ᬦᬤᬾᬯ (Balinese script)
* শিশ্নদেব (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰿𑰡𑰟𑰸𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀦𑀤𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* ၐိၐ္နဒေဝ (Burmese script)
* શિશ્નદેવ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਨਦੇਵ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌨𑌦𑍇𑌵 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦶꦯ꧀ꦤꦢꦺꦮ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂱𑂬𑂹𑂢𑂠𑂵𑂫 (Kaithi script)
* ಶಿಶ್ನದೇವ (Kannada script)
* ឝិឝ្នទេវ (Khmer script)
* ຨິຨ຺ນເທວ (Lao script)
* ശിശ്നദേവ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡳᡧᠨᠠᡩᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘿𑘡𑘟𑘹𑘪 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠢᠱᠨᠠᢑᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧠𑧁𑦿𑧚𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑑂𑐣𑐡𑐾𑐰 (Newa script)
* ଶିଶ୍ନଦେଵ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢶꢯ꣄ꢥꢣꢾꢮ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑇀𑆤𑆢𑆼𑆮 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖿𑖡𑖟𑖸𑖪 (Siddham script)
* ශිශ‍්නදෙව (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩑𑩿 𑪙𑩯𑩭𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚮𑚧𑚶𑚝𑚛𑚲𑚦 (Takri script)
* ஶிஶ்நதே³வ (Tamil script)
* శిశ్నదేవ (Telugu script)
* ศิศฺนเทว (Thai script)
* ཤི་ཤྣ་དེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑓂𑒢𑒠𑒹𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨁𑨮𑩇𑨝𑨛𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of शिश्न (śiśná, “penis, phallus”) +‎ देव (devá, “god, deity”), referring to the phallus-worship by the indigenous, non-Vedic tribal populations of India; a practice that was unknown to and detested by the Vedic people.
In later times, after this practise was adopted (with लिङ्ग (liṅga, literally “sign, mark; phallus; lingam”) being the term given), becoming an integral part of Hinduism and a widespread practice across India, commentators on the Vedas from would interpret the term as an adjective meaning "lewd; unchaste", "addicted to sexual pleasure" or "sporting with the penis" with influence from दीव्यति (dī́vyati, “to sport, play”) and भगदेव (bhaga-deva, “lustful”, literally “whose god is the female organ”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕiɕ.nɐ́.dɐj.ʋɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕiɕ.n̪ɐˈd̪eː.ʋɐ/

### Noun

शिश्नदेव • (śiśnádeva) stem, m
* "having the phallus for a god"; a contemptuous term applied to the indigenous, non-Vedic people
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.21.5:न यातव इन्द्र जूजुवुर्नो न वन्दना शविष्ठ वेद्याभिः । स शर्धदर्यो विषुणस्य जन्तोर्मा शिश्नदेवा अपि गुरृतं नः ॥na yātava indra jūjuvurno na vandanā śaviṣṭha vedyābhiḥ. sa śardhadaryo viṣuṇasya jantormā śiśnadevā api gurṛtaṃ naḥ.No evil spirits have impelled us, Indra, nor demons, O Mightiest God, with their devices. Let our true God subdue the hostile rabble: let not the phallus worshippers approach our holy worship.
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.99.33:स वाजं यातापदुष्पदा यन्स्वर्षाता परि षदत्सनिष्यन् । अनर्वा यच्छतदुरस्य वेदो घ्नञ्छिश्नदेवाँ अभि वर्पसा भूत् ॥sa vājaṃ yātāpaduṣpadā yansvarṣātā pari ṣadatsaniṣyan. anarvā yacchatadurasya vedo ghnañchiśnadevām̐ abhi varpasā bhūt.On most auspicious path he [Indra] goes to battle; he toiled to win heaven's light, full fain to gain it; He seized the hundred-gated castle's treasure by craft, unchecked, and slew the phallus worshippers.

#### Declension
### Adjective

शिश्नदेव • (śiśnádeva) stem
* unchaste, lustful
** 2009, Gurukula patrika, volume 21, page 259:...(शिश्नदेवाः) अब्रह्मचर्याः कामिनो ये शिश्नेन दीव्यन्ति क्रीडन्ति ते।...(śiśnadevāḥ) abrahmacaryāḥ kāmino ye śiśnena dīvyanti krīḍanti te.Śiśnadevas are those unchaste and lustful [people] who play or sport with their penis.

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śiśná”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 642
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “शिश्नदेव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076.
* ↑ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36.
* ↑ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शिश्नदेव”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* ↑ Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शिश्नदेव”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press