Ling, Liṅg: 8 definitions

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Introduction:

Ling means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Ling in China is the name of a plant defined with Trapa bispinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Trapa bicornis Osbeck var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Nakano (among others).

2) Ling is also identified with Trapa natans It has the synonym Trapa bicornis Osbeck (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora URSS (1949)
· Dagbok ofwer en Ostindisk Resa (1757)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1942)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1985)
· Botanical Magazine (1897)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ling, for example diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Liṅg (लिङ्ग्).—I. 1 P. (liṅgati, liṅgita) To go, move. -II. 1 U, (liṅgayati-te)

1) To paint, variegate.

2) To inflect (a noun) according to its gender.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liṅg (लिङ्ग्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] † To go. i. 10 (rather a [denominative.] derived from liṅga), [Parasmaipada.] To change a noun according to its gender.

— With the prep. ā ā, i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 64, 30), and i. 10. To embrace, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 71, 118 [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 91, 14; [Pañcatantra] 187, 6 (i. 10); [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 3, 65 (pf. red. liliṅga). Ptcple. of the fut. pass. āliṅgya, n. A small drum, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 13, 47.

— With pratyā prati-a, i. 1, To return an embrace, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 91, 15.

— With samā sam-ā, i. 1, 1. To embrace, [Pañcatantra] 27, 6; [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 91, 13. 2. To hold, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 13, 48; 53.

— Cf. probably [Old High German.] and [Anglo-Saxon.] hring; [Old High German.] bringjan.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liṅg (लिङ्ग्).—v. āliṅg.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liṅg (लिङ्ग्):—(cf. ā- √liṅg) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] liṅgati, to go, [Dhātupāṭha v, 48];

— [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] liṅgayati, to paint, variegate (citrī-karaṇe), [ib. xxxiii, 65];

—to change or inflect a noun according to its gender, [Vopadeva [Scholiast or Commentator]]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ling in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ling in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) male genital organ, penis, phallus; the phallus deity representing Lord Shiv; gender (in Grammar); sex; -[upasana] phallus worship; phallicism; —[aura vacana] gender and number (in Grammar); -[deha/sharira] the ethereal form of corporeal body (that is supposed to accompany the soul to face the consequences of one’s worldly deeds); ~[pujaka] a phallus-worshipper; phallicist; ~[puja] phallus-worship, phallicism; -[dosha] a mistake of gender; —[pratishtha] installation of the phallus-deity..—ling (लिंग) is alternatively transliterated as Liṃga.

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