In the centre stood a pedestal for a linga or an image, with a channel to carry off libations, leading to a spout in the wall.
Though represented by figures embodying such legends he was most commonly adored under the form of the linga which in Champa more than elsewhere came to be regarded as not merely symbolic but as a personal god.
Footnote 1049: As for instance is also the origin of Linga worship in India.
It is kept in a village called Nandikeśvara, but on certain festivals it is put on a linga at the temple of Mahakut.
The emblem adored in the central shrine of the Bayon was probably a linga but its title was Kamrateṇ jagat ta râja or Devarâja, the king-god.
The doors of the Linga shrines have a serpentine ornamentation and are very like those of the Bayon.
In the tank of the temple of Mahakut is a half submerged shrine, from which rises a stone linga on which are carved four faces bearing moustaches.
After the linga has been tied, the priest blesses him thus: 'May one become one thousand to you.
If more than one have to receive the linga on the same day, each of them has to undergo this ceremony.
This character is shown in a marked degree in plate IV, which represents a prosperous Linga Banajiga in the Canarese country.
The boys, whose turn it is to receive the linga that day, are all directed to bathe in the river.
The young Badaga receives it, repeats the prayer given about five times, and, during each repetition, the palm holding the linga tied up in the cloth is carried nearer and nearer to his neck.
The boys are asked to wash them--each one the linga meant for his wearing--in water and milk.
The name of a division of Linga Balijas, and of Velamas who have abandoned the practice of keeping their females gosha (in seclusion).
Upon this he jumped up, called together the chiefs, and bidding them follow him with a strong force of Dyaks, he set off himself without calling at Linga by the way.
Mr. Crookshank then begged them to bring a boat in which he could take Bertha up to Linga Fort that evening, instead of her remaining another night in the pinnace.
The Rajah and the Bishop had determined to take a trip together on the 15th, in the life-boat, to Sadong, and from thence to Linga and Sakarran.
Some of us felt anxious when we saw the fleet of Sakarrans and Balows lying side by side at the Linga Fort; but they all kept their good faith, and in fighting a common enemy became friends for evermore.
The fleet waited for some days in the Linga River, while the Balow Dyaks fetched the jars which they were to exchange with the Sakarrans as a pledge of peace.
There are fifty miles of sea to cross from the Sarawak River to the Batang Lupar, then a long pull from the fort at Linga up to Banting.
When they reached the Linga River, he was sitting one Sunday night on the boom of the Jolly, enjoying the moonlight, and watching the swift rush of the tide, which is very rapid in that river.
Captain Brooke took the Jolly Bachelor gunboat, and Frank moved into it to cross the sea from the mouth of the Sarawak to the Linga River, for the waves were high and wetted the smaller boats.
Linga cult than Ramanuja, but seems rather to have aimed at a reconciliation of the Saiva and Vaishnava forms of worship.
The Yoni assumed the shape of the hull of a ship, since typified by the Argha, whilst the Linga became the mast.
And the lotus, which they had used as an umbrella, fell on the top of a linga of Siva, while the hermit was engaged in worship.
When the flood carried away my children, out of grief I wept and took no food; and remained in front of a linga of Siva on the shore of the sea.
Out of curiosity he went in the direction of the sound, and saw at no great distance a heavenly nymph, singing in front of a linga of Siva.
And we saw worshipped there a greatlinga of tarkshyaratna [803] and in front of it a spectacle with blazing lights.
The linga or phallus is a favourite emblem of Siva.
The Linga monks said that an ordinary lama, when he dies, is cut in pieces and abandoned to the birds.
From the expansion of the valley at Lingaroutes run eastwards and westwards into the mountains, with branches to numerous villages, of which I noted down the names and approximate positions.
The life of the hermit Ngurbu must be idyllic compared to that of the immured Linga monks, for he sees the valley, the sun, the whirling snow, and the stars sparkling in the sky; but he must suffer from ennui.
When his last day in this world of vanity dawned, all the monks of Linga followed him in deep silence, with the solemnity of a funeral, to his grave in the cave, and the door was closed on him for the rest of his life.
It is affiliated to the Linga monastery, and has only four brethren, who all came to greet me heartily at the entrance.
And though it may be admitted that worship of the linga may exist without bad effects, moral or intellectual, yet I think that these effects make themselves felt so soon as a sect becomes distinctly erotic.
Pilgrims go from Badrinath to Ramesvaram: the Vaishnavism of Trichinopoly, Muttra and Bengal does not differ in essentials, the worship of the linga can be seen almost anywhere.
It has been the custom in Theosophical literature to describe the Linga Sharîra as the astral counterpart of the human body, the word "astral" having been usually applied to everything beyond the cognition of our physical senses.
It is necessary, therefore, to be very quiet in the death-chamber, while the Linga Sharira is eloping.
Mrs. Besant tells us that the Linga Sharira, or Astral Double, rots away (disintegrates) in time.
It consists in placing leaves on the linga and pouring holy water over it.
In the Puranas the city of Varuṇa (who is suspected of having a non-Indian origin) is said to be situated in the west and is called Sukha (Linga P.
Footnote 561: The use of the Linga by this sect supports the view that even in its origin the symbol is not exclusively phallic.
Secondly, linga worship, though prevalent in the south, is not confined to it, but flourishes in all parts of India, even in Assam and Nepal.
Footnote 347: The inscriptions of Camboja and Champa seem to be the best proof of the antiquity of Linga worship.
Some Hindus deny that the Linga is a phallic emblem.
I have already mentioned the view that the worship of Śiva and the Linga is Dravidian in origin and borrowed by the Aryans.
The Linga is bathed in milk, decorated, wrapped in bilva leaves, and prayed to; which ceremony is repeated at intervals with slight changes.
Komori's provisions ran out on 17 March, forcing the soldiers to subsist on taro, birds and fish, and vegetables from village garden plots, supplemented by some welcome coconuts gathered from a plantation at Linga Linga.
When Sato reached Linga Linga and came across a bivouac abandoned by a Marine patrol, his force had dwindled to just 250 men, less than half the number that started out.
The Linga Purana tells us that the linga was a pillar of fire in which Siva was present.
I suspect the first Delphic tripod supporting a vase of water over the Linga in Yona.
The worshippers of Siva identify their great god, Maha Deva, with the linga, and wear on their left arm a bracelet containing the linga and yoni.
There would also now appear good ground for believing that the ark of the covenant, held so sacred by the Jews, contained nothing more nor less than a phallus, the ark being the type of the Argha or Yoni (Linga worship) of India.
Exactly the same anointing of the linga is performed in India till this day.
His brotherLinga Raja, however, after acting as regent for his niece, announced in 1811 his own assumption of the government.
In 1770 a disputed succession led to the intervention of Hyder Ali of Mysore in favour of Linga Raja, who had fled to him for help, and whom he placed on the throne on his consenting to cede certain territories and to pay tribute.
The linga is suspended round the neck of the corpse, and buried with it.
Pancha, meaning five, is recorded as a sub-division of the Linga Balijas, and Panchachara or Panchamsale as a sub-division of Lingayats.
Pandarams wear the lingaon their bodies in one of the usual modes, are priests to others professing the Lingayat religion, and are fed by them on funeral and other ceremonial occasions.
At the beginning of the twelfth year in the case of boys, and just before the marriage of girls, this linga is taken off, and a fresh one suspended round the neck by a guru.
This consists of a linga and bull in miniature, which are worshipped as often as may be found convenient.
The Saiva worshippers among the Tamils are called Pandarams: these are not Vira Saivas, nor do they wear the linga or adore Basava.
In the seventh month of pregnancy, at the time of quickening, a small stone linga is enclosed in black lac, wrapped in a piece of silk cloth, and tied to the thread of the linga which is on the woman's neck.
The child is thus invested with thelinga while still in utero.
When it is about a year old, and weaned, the linga is taken off the mother's neck, and replaced by a silver locket.
They are Lingayats, but do not, as a rule, wear the lingam, as it is the custom to postpone initiation until death, when the linga is tied on the corpse by a Jangam before it is buried.
Those who are initiated during life wear the linga suspended from the neck.
Opinions were divided as to the fitness of receiving such an applicant, but it was finally decided that, if a man repented, he was a fit person to be received into the Lingayat fold, as the linga recognises no caste.
With their Linga Sarira, these Lords of Yoga go inside and outside Triloki.
As the Linga Purana says, when Earth is scorched up in the summer season, it becomes fallow and the roots of vegetation remain underground.
The anus is called death, because ordinarily the Linga Sarira goes out through that passage after death.
Then crossing that Chakra of Vishnu, which is the navel of the Universe, he reaches the Mahar Loka with his pure Linga Sarira.
In Jiva there is never a break in the egoistic experience as long as the Linga Sarira continues.
Barhishad, the name of one class of Pitris, was the progenitor of the form-producing Linga Sarira with all its potentialities.
They were drawn back into the bosom of that Purusha, their Linga (Sukshma) Sarira destroyed.
Narada replies: -- Purusha reaps the fruits in that very body without break in which it acquires karma, but that body is the Linga Sarira, inclusive of Manas.
I and the Devas shall also attain that state after the final break up of our Linga Sarira.
It is said that these Masters of Yoga can move both inside and outside Triloki, for their Linga Sarira consists of the atoms of air.
The Linga Sarira of the Yogi in passing through the earthy cover, becomes earthy, through water becomes watery, and through fire, fiery.
Here Indra was cleansed of his sin and built a temple to Sthanu-linga Shiva.
He goes by the nickname of Tiger Linga Gouda, and I always make a point of sending for him when I visit Mysore.
Still the sympathy between our linga shariras was so intense, that I perceived that I had only to go back for my rupa, and travel in it to the region of the sisterhood, to recognise her in her rupa at once.
No confusion need arise; but strictly speaking, the linga sharira, or third principle, is the astral body, and that cannot be sent about as the vehicle of the higher principles.
Every chela even knows how impossible it is to make love satisfactorily in nothing but your linga sharira.
As, however, "no confusion need arise" from my describing how I went about in my linga sharira, I will continue to use it as the term for my vehicle of transportation.
The chief woman of the house then brings five pots full of water, and gives to each man a potful for the worship of the jangama linga which he wears.
The Lingayats resemble the Linga Balijas in all their customs, in all respects, except that they recognise sutakam, or pollution, and bathe to remove it.
The men pour the water over the linga, holding it in the left hand, and smear both the linga and their faces with the ashes.
They freely eat in the houses of all Linga Balijas, but the latter will not eat with them.
Reddi also occurs as a sub-division of cultivating Linga Balijas, Telugu Vadukans or Vadugans in the Tamil country, Velamas, and Yanadis.
They entirely disregard the spiritual authority of the Brahmans, recognising priests among the Linga Balijas, Jangams, or Pandarams.
It is matter for regret that this privilege of remarrying is much abused, as among theLinga Balijas.
The Burdwan translator misunderstands the word Linga as used in both 14 and 15.
The gross body may be dissolved, but the linga sarira (composed of the subtlest elements) exists as a cause for the unborn Soul.
Those last, as distinguished from the former, are, of course, all the linga or subtile forms or existents which are made up of the tanmatras of the grosser elements.
The karana bodies are the potentialities, existing in the tanmatra of the elemental substances, of forming diverse kinds of linga bodies in consequence of the acts of Jiva in previous periods of existence.
The commentator rightly explains that Linga has no reference to Linga-sarira or the invisible body composed of the tanmatra of the primal elements, but simply means the gross body.
They are regarded as then inhering in the linga or subtile body.
The plain meaning of the verse is that Yogins, in their linga body, rove everywhere, not excluding the most blissful regions in heaven itself.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "linga" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
