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Definition of Lingams
1. lingam [n] - See also: lingam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lingams
Literary usage of Lingams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hindu Law of Endowments by Prannath Saraswati (1897)
"Animal products used for making images, 42; Images and lingams made of fragrant
substances, 43;— of flowers, 44; other materials for lingams ..."
2. Report of a Tour in the Gorakhpur District in 1875-76 and 1876-77 by A. C. L. Carlleyle (1883)
"It would really seem as if some old Raja must have gone quite lingam-maA, and
spent all his money in making huge black-stone lingams ! ..."
3. Researches Into the Nature and Affinity of Ancient and Hindu Mythology by Vans Kennedy (1831)
"Each of these lingams, also, has an inferior one dependent upon it, ... Besides these
there are many other principal lingams, the worship of which insures ..."
4. Faiths of Man: A Cyclopædia of Religions by James George Roche Forlong (1906)
"Indian lingams are of all sizes and shapes, the four commonest being: (1) the
Human, (2) the Horse, ... In the Buddhist age lingams were disguised as ..."
5. Lectures on India by Caleb Wright (1851)
"Having heard these words, Gautama first circumambulated the holy mountain ; and
afterwards, as directed, formed the earthen lingams, in order that he ..."
6. A progressive grammar of the Telugu language by Albert Henry Arden (1873)
"... and means—the country of the three lingams, (from the Sanscrit tri three, and
lingo, the emblem of Siva). There is a tradition that the God Siva, ..."
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