linga

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Turkish - Turkish
Hinduizm'de üreme gücünü kişileştiren tanrı şiva'nın simgesi erkeklik organı
English - English
Oval form, mostly made from stone, metal or gold It is a symbol of creation and of God, who is without beginning or end Baba creates Lingams inside his body, coming out of His mouth, mostly at Mahasivarathri, a holy day dedicated to the Worship of Siva (SSS-II) The Linga is a 'mark' or 'symbol' representing the merging of the Particular in the Universal, the dissolution of the mind (with its agitations, aspirations and accomplishments that attach and adhere) in the Atma-awareness The wise realize that the mind and the vast phantasmagoria that it weaves are all subsumed in the Linga, in the beginningless endless Ocean of Existence-Knowledge-Bliss 'Lingam' means that in which all things merge and out of which all things emerge (SSS-III)
or lingam In Hinduism, the symbol of the god Shiva and of generative power. Fashioned from wood, gems, metal, or stone, lingas are the main objects of worship in temples to Shiva and family shrines throughout India. Historically, the linga was a representation of the phallus, as sculptures from the 1st-2nd century AD, the earliest dates of linga worship, make clear, and most modern Hindus think of it in these terms. The stylization of the linga as a smooth cylindrical mass asserts an aniconic meaning. A sexual dimension remains in the most common form in which the linga appears today. The yoni, symbol of the female sex organ, often forms the base of the linga, a reminder that the male and female principles together represent the totality of existence. The linga is worshiped with offerings of flowers, water, fruit, leaves, and rice; the purity of the materials and the cleanliness of the worshiper are particularly stressed
phallic symbol associated with the God Shiva
> A pillar-like form of Shiva, originally a phallus, often placed in a yoni-shaped base The linga is a symbol of the energy and fertility of Shiva
The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power