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- Etymology and nomenclature
- Iconography
- Various styles
- Construction
- Meaning
- Representation of Shiva
- Phallus symbol
- Phallic origins
- Sexualization in Orientalist literature
- Rejection
- Worship
- Historical development and meaning
- Archeological finds from Indus Valley civilisation
- Vedic texts
- Vedas
- Shvetashvatara Upanishad
- Early iconography and temples (3rd century BCE - first mill. CE)
- Epics and puranas
- Mahabharata
- Puranas
- Muslim rule
- Lingayatism
- Pilgrimage sites
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|A lingam with tripundra, projected on a [[yoni base]]
A lingam (, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. The word lingam is found in the Upanishads and epic literature, where it means a "mark, sign, emblem, characteristic", the "evidence, proof, symptom" of Shiva and Shiva's power.