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sipra in the Padapatha, but it does not make it intelligible. Hence when Sayaṇa renders it as vigatahanu he seems to favour the analysis vi-sisipra. If, as suggested above, it is possible to isolate the root sip then one may agree with Sayana in his analysis of the word and derive sisipra from the reduplicated root sip. But instead of assigning the meaning hanu to osisipra, it would be better to consider it either as a substitute for siśna or connect it with sepa and give it the meaning 'organ'. Vi-sisipra then would mean 'one having a distinct (vi) organ' and, as a name of a demon, it could be compared with the other name of the demon Vṛṣasipra noticed above.
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