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lingam
[ ling-guhm ]
noun
- Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- (in popular Hinduism) a phallus, symbol of Siva.
lingam
/ ˈlɪŋɡəm; ˈlɪŋɡə /
noun
- (in Sanskrit grammar) the masculine gender
- the Hindu phallic image of the god Siva
- the penis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lingam1
From the Sanskrit word liṅga mark, gender, phallus
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lingam1
C18: from Sanskrit
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Example Sentences
Everything tending to this end is to him venerable and holy, and it is in this respect alone that he worships the Lingam.
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Who would possess a lingam which was an Open Sesame to devildom and not make use thereof?
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The May-pole properly pierces a disc and thus conforms with the lingam-yoni of India.
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Rama's brother Lakshman, whose duty it was to send him daily a new lingam from Benares, was late in doing so one evening.
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In the chief of them stand three statues of Buddha; in the lateral ones a lingam and two Jaina idols.
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