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Linga

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A symbol in the phallus worship of the East of the male or generative power in nature. This worship prevails among the Hindu sect of the Givas or Sivas, and the symbol takes the form of the pistil of a flower, or an erect cylindrical stone.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Linga'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/linga.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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