Definitions for lingams

lingams lin·gam

Spelling: [ling-guh m]
IPA: /ˈlɪŋ gəm/

Lingams is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in lingams (agilmns).

Definitions for lingams

noun

  1. Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
  2. (in popular Hinduism) a phallus, symbol of Siva.

Origin of lingams

From the Sanskrit word liṅga mark, gender, phallus

Examples for lingams

The above are the things that can be used in connection with or in the place of the lingam.

Incredible stories of miraculous recoveries of the lingam are told.

When only one part of the yoni is rubbed with the lingam, it is called the "blow of a boar."

The majority of the latter, both males and females, wear the lingam.

When the yoni is pressed by the lingam for a long time, it is called "pressing."

The lingam symbol is to be seen all over India, alone or with the yoni.

He stuck a grain of rice into each—to represent the lingam, I think.

This lingam is the only large monument in Calcutta, I believe.

The members of it wear the sacred thread, as well as the lingam.

The mūla vigraha in Siva temples is a lingam (phallic emblem).

Word Value for lingams
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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