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Lingam

A lingam (IAST: liṅga, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. The word lingam is found in the Upanishads and epic literature, where it means a "mark, sign, emblem, characteristic", the "evidence, proof, symptom" of Shiva and Shiva's power.

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related to Bibliography · 150
Lingam → Ages, Alain, Associational Patterns, Basham, Bear, Blake Michael, Boston, Buddhism, Carl, Carole, Chinese Cosmologies, Chinese Medicine, Company, Concise Dictionary, Concise Guide, Conflicts, Constance, Dalal, Daniélou, Delhi
related to Gallery · 31
Lingam → An, Angkor, Battambang Province, Cambodia, CambodiaShiva Linga, CE, CELingodbhava, Champa, Chiang Rai, Chola, Copper, Cát Tiên, Eight-faced Shivlingam, Indonesia, Java, Katas Raj Temples, Kbal Spean, Kushan, Linga-yoni, Lingodbhava
related to Archeological finds from Indus Valley civilisation · 23
Lingam → According, BCE, Chakravarti, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ernest Mackay, Harappa, Harappan, Indus, Indus Valley, Indus Valley Civilization, John Marshall, Jones, Kalibangan, Mohenjo-daro, Mohenjodaro, Ryan, Shiva, Shivlinga, Similarly, Srinivasan
related to Early iconography and temples (3rd century BCE - first mill. CE) · 23
Lingam → According, Andhra Pradesh, Apasmara, BCE, Brahmacarya, Gudimallam, Gudimallam Lingam, He, IAST, In, Indian, It, Kama, Lakulisa, Lakulisha, Parashurameshwara, Sanskrit, Shiva, Stella Kramrisch, The
related to Worship · 23
Lingam → Brahma, Dakshinamurti, Durga, Ganesha, Gaya, Hindu, In, Indian, Kartikeya, Kashi, Murugan, Naimisha, Often, On, Prayaga, Priests, Shakti, Shiva, Svayambhuva, The
related to Lingayatism · 16
Lingam → CE, Every, India, Initially, Ishtalinga, It, Karnataka, Lingayat, Lingayatism, Lingayats, Parashiva, Shaivite, Shiva, The, This, Veerashaivas
related to Etymology and nomenclature · 15
Lingam → Brahman, God, God's, IAST, Monier Monier-Williams, Other, Samkhya, Sanskrit, Shiva, Shiva's, Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Supreme Lord, The, Upanishads, Vaisheshika
related to Representation of Shiva · 14
Lingam → Hinduism, In, Kaula, Parashakti, Parashiva, Prakṛti, Purusha, Reality, Shaivism, Shaktism, Shiva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Tantra, The
related to Pilgrimage sites · 11
Lingam → Amarnath, An, Himalayas, Hindu, In, In Kadavul Temple, Iraivan Temple, It, Shiva, Sphatika, Swayambhu
related to Construction · 9
Lingam → Anthropologist Christopher John Fuller, Lingayats, Shaiva Agama, Shakti, Shiva Linga, Some, The, The Hindu, These

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Lingamis aemblem of generative and destructive power0.90text
Lingamis aspiritual symbol and0.90text
Lingamis acomplete symbolic representation of the formless Universe Bearer0.90text
in verses 1.124.136instance ofthe term linga has many contextual meanings0.80text
3.9.16instance ofthe term linga has many contextual meanings0.80text
5.21.61instance ofthe term linga has many contextual meanings0.80text
as it develops its theory of the nature of Atmaninstance ofthe term linga has many contextual meanings0.80text
penisinstance ofBurton adroitly avoided being viewed as obscene to the Victorian mindset by avoiding the use of words0.80text
vulvainstance ofBurton adroitly avoided being viewed as obscene to the Victorian mindset by avoiding the use of words0.80text
vaginainstance ofBurton adroitly avoided being viewed as obscene to the Victorian mindset by avoiding the use of words0.80text
other direct or indirect sexual terms in the Sanskrit text to discuss sexinstance ofBurton adroitly avoided being viewed as obscene to the Victorian mindset by avoiding the use of words0.80text
sexual relationshipsinstance ofBurton adroitly avoided being viewed as obscene to the Victorian mindset by avoiding the use of words0.80text

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