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Liṅgaṁ

Liṅga

neuter characteristic, sign, attribute, mark feature MN.i.360 ; SN.v.278 ; Snp.601 sq. (= saṇṭhāna Snp-a.464 ); Vin.iv.7 (two: hīna & ukkaṭṭha); Ja.i.18 ; Ja.iv.114 (gihi˚), Ja.iv.130 ; Mil.133 (sāsana˚), Mil.162 (dve samaṇassa lingāni), Mil.405 (lingato ca nimittato ca etc.); Vism.184 ; Dhs-a.64 (=

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neuter

  1. characteristic, sign, attribute, mark feature MN.i.360; SN.v.278; Snp.601 sq. (= saṇṭhāna Snp-a.464); Vin.iv.7 (two: hīna & ukkaṭṭha); Ja.i.18; Ja.iv.114 (gihi˚), Ja.iv.130; Mil.133 (sāsana˚), Mil.162 (dve samaṇassa lingāni), Mil.405 (lingato ca nimittato ca etc.); Vism.184; Dhs-a.64 (= saṇṭhāna Tīkā: Expos. 86).
  2. mark of sex, sexual characteristic, pudendum (male as well as female, as neither m. nor f.) Vin.iii.35 (purisa˚); Ja.v.197 (˚saṇṭhāna); Kp-a.110 (itthi˚); Snp-a.48 (˚sampatti), Snp-a.51 (id.), Snp-a.300 (itthi˚); Dhs-a.321 sq. (itthi˚).
  3. (in grammar) mark of sex, (characteristic) ending, gender Snp-a.397. -vipallāsa change or substitution of gender Pv-a.7, Pv-a.33, Pv-a.58, Pv-a.87, Pv-a.157.

fr. liṅg; late Vedic & (pre-eminently) Class. Sk. linga

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