लिङ्गम् [liṅgam] [लिङ्ग्-अच्]
A mark, sign, token, an emblem, a badge, symbol, distinguishing mark, characteristic; यतिपार्थिवलिङ्गधारिणौ
[R.8.16;] अथवा प्रावृषेण्यैरेव लिङ्गै- र्मम राजोपचारः संप्रति
[V.4;] मुनिर्दोहदलिङ्गदर्शी 14.71;
[Ms.1.] 3;8.25,252.
A false or unreal mark, a guise, disguise, a deceptive badge; लिङ्गैर्मुदः संवृतविक्रियास्ते
[R.7.] 3; क्षपणकलिङ्गधारी
[Mu.1;] न लिङ्गं धर्मकारणम्
[H.4.85.] See लिङ्गिन् below.
A symptom, mark of disease.
A means of proof, a proof, evidence.
(In logic) Thehetu or middle term in a syllogism; particularly the assertion of the hetu's being found in the पक्ष or minor term coupled with the statement of the invariable concomitance between this hetu and the major term; it is thus defined: व्याप्तिपक्षधर्मतावल्लिङ्गम्
[Tarka K.] The sign of gender or sex.
Sex; गुणाः पूजास्थानं गुणिषु न च लिङ्गं न च वयः
[U.4.11.] The male organ of generation.
Gender (in gram.)
The genital organ of Śiva worshipped in the form of a Phallus.
The image of a god, an idol; धत्तेऽसावात्मनो लिङ्गं मायया विसृजन् गुणान्
[Bhāg.7.2.22.] One of the relations or indications (such as संयोग, वियोग, साहचर्य &c.) which serve to fix the meaning of a word in any particular passage; e. g. in कुपितो मकरध्वजः the word कुपित restricts the meaning of मकरध्वज to 'Kāma'; see K. P.2 and commentary ad loc.; तदेव सक्तः सह कर्मणैति लिङ्गं मनो यत्र निषक्तमस्य
[Bṛi. Up.4.4.6.] (In Vedānta phil.). The subtle frame or body, the indestructible original of the gross or visible body; cf. पञ्चकोष; यं योगिनो योग- समाधिना रहो ध्यायन्ति लिङ्गादसुतो ममुक्षया
[Bhāg.3.19.28.] A spot, stain.
The nominal base, the crude form of a noun (प्रातिपदिक).
(In Sāṅ. phil.) Pradhāna or Prakṛiti; q. v.
The effect or product (that which is evolved out of a primary cause and itself becomes a producer).
Inference, conclusion; अव्यक्तमिति विज्ञेयं लिङ्गग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम्
[Mb.12.189.15.] = उपाधि; योगेन धृत्युद्यमसत्त्वयुक्तो लिङ्गं व्यपोहेत् कुशलोऽहमाख्यम्
[Bhāg.5.5.13.] -Comp.
-अग्रम् the glans penis.
-अनु- शासनम् the laws of grammatical gender.
-अर्चनम् the worship of Śiva as a liṅga.
-अर्शस् n. n. a particular disease of the genital organs.
-आख्यः Name of one of the sub-divisions of the production according to Sāṅkhya; लिङ्गाख्यो भावाख्यः
[Sān K.52.] -देहः, -शरीरम् the subtle frame or body; see लिङ्ग (13) above.
-धारिन् a. a. wearing a badge.
नाशः loss of the characteristic marks.
loss of penis.
loss of vision, a particular disease of the eye.
-परामर्शः the finding out or consideration of a sign or characteristic (in logic); (e. g. that smoke is a sign of fire); as वह्निव्याप्यधूमवानयं पर्वतः इति लिङ्गपरामर्शः.
-पीठम् the pedestal of a शिवलिङ्ग.
-पुराणम् N. N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas.
-प्रतिष्ठा the establishment or consecration of a liṅga.
-वर्धन a. a. causing erection of the male organ.
-विपर्ययः change of gender. -वृत्तिa. hypocritical.
-वृत्तिः a religious hypocrite.
-वेदी the base or pedestal of a liṅga.
-शास्त्रम् a grammatical treatise on gender.
-शोफः swelling on the penis.-स्थः a religious student; न श्रोत्रियो न लिङ्गस्थः (साक्षी कार्यः)
[Ms.8.65.]