lingam

[ ling-guh m ]

/ ˈlɪŋ gəm /

Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.

(in popular Hinduism) a phallus, symbol of Siva.

Also lin·ga

[ling-guh] /ˈlɪŋ gə/.

Compare yoni.

Origin of lingam

From the Sanskrit word liṅga mark, gender, phallus

lineup, liney, ling, ling., lingala, lingam, lingayat, lingayata, lingayen gulf, lingcod, linger

(He wriggles) Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man's lingam.

Ulysses |James Joyce
Lingam is the name by which the Indians designated this idol.

The Round Towers of Ireland |Henry O'Brien
When the yoni is lowered, and the upper part of it is struck with the lingam, it is called "piercing."

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana |Vatsyayana
But a steer and heifer are selected, and branded on the thigh, by means of a hot iron, with the lingam and other emblems.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston

Where his funeral pyre was, sprang up a Shiva lingam, which exists to this day, as well as the marks of the flood.

Vidyapati Bangiya Padabali |Vidyapati Thakura

lingam

/ (ˈlɪŋɡəm) /

(in Sanskrit grammar) the masculine gender

C18: from Sanskrit