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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- murti
- Subclass of
- cult image
- Image
- Sacro Lingham - Bangkok.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lingam
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Stack Exchange tag
- hinduism.stackexchange.com/tags/shiva-lingam
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Le lingam ou linga (en sanskrit लिङ्गं, liṅgaṃ (« signe ») est un objet dressé, souvent d'apparence phallique, représentation classique, dite aniconique, de Shiva en tant que Brahman (« Absolu, Âme universelle »). Il s'agit à l'origine d'une image du Feu divin.
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