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lingam

The ancient Hindu term for the penis, which appears in the Kama Sutra and is often associated with Tantric sex.

lingam

A symbol for the penis in Indian religion. The Hindu phallic image of the god Siva. See also YONI.
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Black as Shiva's linga, sign among signs, a body surrounded by vapors allowing a glimpse of the luminous particular burning with joyful and erect intensity.
Tantra Song
The linga encompasses the micro- and macro-cosmos: it connects the panchabbuta, " five elements of nature" to a concrete map of sacred shrines in south India, where devotees can go, worship, and emerge transformed by their experience.
Ananda's Tandava: "The Dance of Shiva" reconsidered
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72 lying-in clinics in QC face closure
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Maoists kill two farmers in Odisha
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