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Dear Sanskritists,

 

What is literal meaning of sphijaikena?

 

The context is

 

mRdvAsane sphijaikena hastapadau nirAzrayaM nidhAya ...

 

(VijJAnabhairava.78)

 

The problem is that translation as

 

....

with single buttock

on a soft seat

....

 

would require sphij to be masciline or neuter (while MW. says it is

fem.) so that

sphijaikena might be resolved into

 

sphijaa-ekena

 

two instr. cases having gender agreement.

 

Thanks in advance,

Dmitri.

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