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‖ lingam, linga|ˈlɪŋgæm, lɪŋgə|
Also 8 lingum, 8–9 lingham.
[a. Skr. liŋga, nom. case liŋgam; the flexional m has been preserved in the word as adopted into the non-Aryan langs. of India.]
Among the Hindus, a phallus, worshipped as a symbol of the god Siva.
The first quot. contains some misunderstanding.
1719I. T. Philipps tr. Thirty-four Confer. 326 The third Way of attaining Salvation, is by offering to the Piratti Lingum, which is an Image of a Man made of Dung. 1793W. Hodges Trav. v. 94 These Pagodas have each a small chamber in the center..with a lamp hanging over the Lingham. Ibid. note, The Lingham is the great object of superstition among the followers of Brahmah. 1799Colebrooke in Life v. (1873) 152 A number of little altars, with a linga of Mahadeva on them. 1813J. Forbes Orient. Mem. II. 364 Two respectable brahmins..who..had..performed the accustomed ceremonies to the linga. 1857R. Tomes Amer. in Japan v. 120 Several stones, of four feet in height..which appeared to be lingams.
Hence ˈlingamism, the worship of lingams.
1843Macaulay Sp. Ld. Ellenborough's Govt. Sp. (1853) II. 9 To what religion was it that the offering was made? It was to Lingamism. |