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The word Lingam derived from Sanscrit
Liirgin, i, ini, i, having a mark or sign, wearing a distinguishing mark ; having the character of,characterized by (at the end of a comp.) ; wearing or bearing the insignia (of any office or character),
bearing false marks or signs, a hypocrite ; only having the appearance or acting the part of (at the end of a comp. ; cf. dvija-1?) ; having a right to wear signs or badges, one whose external appearance corresponds with his inner character ; possessing or furnished with a Lin-ga ; having a subtile body ; (I),m. a Brahman of a particular order, a religious
student, an ascetic; N. of ParamesVara (as the sustainer of Lin-ga or Pradhana, cf. linga, col. i) ; a worshipper of Siva in the Phallic type ; a hypocrite or pretended derotee ; = rydpaka, the subject of a
proposition, that which possesses a characteristic mark
(as in the proposition ' there is fire because there is smoke, and fire has smoke,' fire is the lingin) ; the cause or source (i. e. that original substance into which a Lin-ga is resolved, see under linga); an
elephant; (inas), m. pi., N. of a particular Saiva sect [cf. li>tga-vat] ; (ini), f. a particular plant. Lingi-vesha, as, m. the dress or the insignia of
a religious student (the skin, staff, bowl, &c.), the dress or appearance of a follower of Siva.Liitgya, ind. = 3. a-lingya, having embraced.
Liirgin, i, ini, i, having a mark or sign, wearing a distinguishing mark ; having the character of,characterized by (at the end of a comp.) ; wearing or bearing the insignia (of any office or character),
bearing false marks or signs, a hypocrite ; only having the appearance or acting the part of (at the end of a comp. ; cf. dvija-1?) ; having a right to wear signs or badges, one whose external appearance corresponds with his inner character ; possessing or furnished with a Lin-ga ; having a subtile body ; (I),m. a Brahman of a particular order, a religious
student, an ascetic; N. of ParamesVara (as the sustainer of Lin-ga or Pradhana, cf. linga, col. i) ; a worshipper of Siva in the Phallic type ; a hypocrite or pretended derotee ; = rydpaka, the subject of a
proposition, that which possesses a characteristic mark
(as in the proposition ' there is fire because there is smoke, and fire has smoke,' fire is the lingin) ; the cause or source (i. e. that original substance into which a Lin-ga is resolved, see under linga); an
elephant; (inas), m. pi., N. of a particular Saiva sect [cf. li>tga-vat] ; (ini), f. a particular plant. Lingi-vesha, as, m. the dress or the insignia of
a religious student (the skin, staff, bowl, &c.), the dress or appearance of a follower of Siva.Liitgya, ind. = 3. a-lingya, having embraced.