लिङ्ग — {liṅga} n. (once m. in##ifc. f. {ā}, {ī} only in {viṣṇu-liṅgī}##prob. fr. √{lag}##cf. {lakṣa}, {lakṣaṇa}) a mark, spot, sign, token, badge, emblem, characteristic (ifc. = {tal-liṅga}, 'having anything for a mark or sign') &c##any assumed or false badge or mark, guise, disguise &c##a proof, evidence##a sign of guilt, corpus delicti##the sign of gender or sex, organ of generation &c##the male organ or Phallus (esp. that of Śiva worshipped in the form of a stone or marble column which generally rises out of a {yoni}, q.v., and is set up in temples dedicated to Śiva##formerly 12 principal Śiva-liṅgas existed, of which the best known are Soma-nātha in Gnjarāt, Mahā-kāla at Ujjayinī, Viśvêśvara at Benares &c##but the number of Liṅgas in India is estimated at 30 millions 322, n. 78, 1 ; 90) &c##gender (in gram##cf. {puṃ-l}), Prst.##the image of a god, an idol##(in logic) = {vyāpya}, the invariable mark which proves the existence of anything in an object (as in the proposition 'there is fire because there is smoke', smoke is the {liṅga}##IW. 62)##inference, conclusion, reason (cf. {kāvya-l})##= {lingaśarīra} (in Vedanta)##anything having an origin and therefore liable to be destroyed again##= {ākāśa}, Karaṇḍ##(in Sāṃkhya) = {prakṛti} or {pradhāna}, 'the eternal procreative germ'##= {vyakta}##RTL. 30##= {prātipadika}, the crude base or uninflected stem of a noun (shortened into {li})##(in rhet.) an indication (word that serves to fix the meaning of another word##e.g. in the passage {kupito makara-dhvajaḥ} the word {kupita} restricts the meaning of {makara-dhvaja} to 'Kāma') = {linga-purāṇa}##the order of the religious student##a symptom, mark of disease
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