Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Variant of lingam.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as lingam.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of lingam.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.
Examples
“Luckily I kept the fact that my suitcase was slightly -over- the weight limit on the way here in mind and only bought a small Christmas present for my mother and a small but cool stone called a shiva linga, which is a stone gathered in a special yearly ceremony from the Namada River.”
“The latter, called lingaśarîra, is defined in more than one way, but it is expressly stated in the Kârikâs [748] that it is composed of "Buddhi and the rest, down to the subtle elements.”
“Three weeks ago, the Adi Sankara temple in Kalady, Kerala, his birthplace, suffered a grievous attack: thieves broke into the sanctum sanctorum and stole a precious emerald Siva linga, which is valued at over Rs”
“By 'linga' (inferential mark) we here understand clauses (vâkya) which contain a specific indication; for such clauses have, according to the Pûrva Mîmâmsâ, greater proving power than leading subject-matter (prakarana).”
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
“As a pair of nervous young girls sit to the right perhaps awaiting their turn, two standing priestesses bear witness as a third person holding a linga squats between the legs of a girl sitting on the ground.”
“At the end of some long and dark corridors stood the linga, a rounded phallic symbol periodically garlanded and anointed with oil and ghee.”
“In especially well-staffed temples, robed priests guarded the linga and stared expectantly at the tourists.”
“Hence every five years a linga pops up from the ground.”
“It is unique in the sense that it has a triple linga representing Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.”
“Case in point…our male-centric world is “linga crazy.””
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