Lingam
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The lingam (meaning "mark", "sign", "gender", "phallus", "inference" or "eternal procreative germ") is a representation of the Hindu deity Shiva used for worship in temples. Whether the lingam symbolizes the physical body of the god or something purely spiritual is the topic of many a century-old debate within Hinduism.
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See also
- Axis mundi
- Danda
- Hindu iconography
- Lingayatism
- Pancharamas
- Saligram, a non-anthropmorphic image of Vishnu
- Yoni
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