lingam
Americannoun
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Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
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(in popular Hinduism) a phallus, symbol of Siva.
noun
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(in Sanskrit grammar) the masculine gender
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the Hindu phallic image of the god Siva
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the penis
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Etymology
Origin of lingam
From the Sanskrit word liṅga mark, gender, phallus
Example Sentences
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Visual media, Prof Lingam says, "can bring new narratives into the conversation and change won't happen overnight, but it will happen over time".
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2023
Lingam said the combination of weaker currencies against the U.S. dollar and higher maintenance costs required to bring airplanes back into service had "slightly prolonged" the process of returning the aviation business to profitability.
From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2022
In other research with Lingam, we showed that the number of life-bearing objects could exceed the number of rocky planets in the habitable zone around stars by many orders of magnitude.
From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2021
Devotees pray over a Shiva Lingam, a stone sculpture representing the phallus of Hindu god Lord Shiva, on Maha Shivaratri at the Keesaragutta Temple on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2012
Among the eastern nations of India the same symbol was prevalent, under the name of "Lingam."
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.
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