लिङ्ग [लिंग्-अच्]
1 A mark, sign, token, an emblem, a badge, symbol, distinguishing mark, characteristic; यतिपार्थिवलिंगधारिणौ R. 8. 16; अथवा प्रावृषेण्यैरेव लिंगैर्मम राजोपचारः संप्रति V. 4. मुनिर्दोहदलिंगदर्शी 14. 71; Ms. 1. 30; 8. 25, 252.
2 A false or unreal mark, a guise, disguise, a deceptive badge; लिंगैर्मुदः संवृतविक्रिया- स्ते R. 7. 30; क्षपणकलिंगधारी Mu. 1; न लिंगं धर्मकारणं H. 4. 85, see लिंगिन् below.
3 A symptom, mark of disease.
4 A means of proof, a proof, evidence.
5 (In logic) The hetu or middle term in a syllogism; particularly the assertion of the hetu's being found in the पक्ष or minor term coupled with the statement of the invariable concomitance between this hetu and the major term; it is thus defined:
−व्याप्तिपक्षधर्मतावल्लिंगम् Tarka K.
6 The sign of gender or sex.
7 Sex; गुणाः पूजास्थानं गु- णिषु न चलिंगं न च वयः U. 4. 11.
8 The male organ of generation.
9 Gender (in gram.)
10 The genital organ of Śiva worshipped in the form of a Phallus.
11 The image of a god, an idol.
12 One of the relations or indications (such as संयोग, वियोग, साहचर्य &c.) which serve to fix the meaning of a word in any particular passage; e. g. in कुपितो मकरध्वजः the word कुंपित restricts the meaning of मकरध्वज to ‘Kāma’; see K. P. 2 and commentary ad loc.
13 (In Vedānta phil.) The subtle frame or body, the indestructible original of the gross or visible body. cf. पचंकोष.
14 A spot, stain.
15 The nominal base, the crude form of a noun (प्रातिपदिक).
16 (In Sān. phil.) Pradhāna or Prakṛti; q. v.
17 The effect or product (that which is evolved out of a primary cause and itself becomes a producer).
−Comp.
−अग्रं the glans penis.
−अनुशासनं the laws of grammatical gender.
−अर्चनं the worship of Śiva as a linga. −देहः,
−शरीरं the subtle frame or body; see लिंग (13) above.
−धारिन् a. wearing a badge.
−नाशः 1. loss of the characteristic marks. −2. loss of penis. −3. loss of vision, a particular disease of the eye.
−परामर्शः the finding out or consideration of a sign or characteristic (in logic); (e. g. that smoke is a sign of fire); as वह्निव्याप्यधूमवानयं पर्वतः इति लिंग- परामर्शः.
−पुराणं N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas.
−प्रतिष्ठा the establishment or consecration of a linga.
−वर्धन a. causing erection of the male organ.
−विपर्ययः change of gender.
−वृत्ते a. hypocritical.
−वृत्तिः a religious hypocrite.
−वेदी the base or pedestal of a linga.
−स्थः a religious student.