शिश्नदेव

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”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕiɕ.nɐ́.dɐj.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕiɕ.n̪ɐˈd̪eː.ʋɐ/

शिश्नदेव • (śiśnádeva) stem, m ^[1][2][3]

1. "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 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.

शिश्नदेव • (śiśnádeva) stem^[4][5]

1. 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 who play or sport with their penis.