Urdhvalinga, Ūrdhvaliṅga, Urdhva-linga: 4 definitions
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Ūrdhvaliṅga (ऊर्ध्वलिङ्ग).—Name of Śiva. (Having the membrum virile above, i. e. chaste)
Derivable forms: ūrdhvaliṅgaḥ (ऊर्ध्वलिङ्गः).
Ūrdhvaliṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and liṅga (लिङ्ग). See also (synonyms): ūrdhvaliṅgin.
Ūrdhvaliṅga (ऊर्ध्वलिङ्ग):—[=ūrdhva-liṅga] [from ūrdhva] mfn. having the membrum above (id est. chaste)
Ūrdhvaliṅga (ऊर्ध्वलिङ्ग):—(ū + li) m. ein Beiname Śiva’s (erecto pene) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 196.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1160.]
Ūrdhvaliṅga (ऊर्ध्वलिङ्ग):—Adj. dessen penis sich oben befindet (Śiva). Statt dessen liṅgin [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,203,20.]
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.
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Partial matches: Urdhva, Linga.
Full-text: Urdhvalingin.
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