Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[लिङ्गमस्त्यस्य इनि]

1. Having a mark or sign.
2. Characterized by.
3. Wearing the maks or badges of, having the appearance of, disguised as, hypocritical, wearing false badges (at the end of comp.); स वर्णिलिङ्गी विदितः समाययौ युधिष्ठिरं द्वैतवने वनेचरः Ki.1.1; so आर्यलिङ्गिन्.
4. Furnished with a liṅga.
5. Having a right to wear signs or badges.
6. One whose outward form corresponds with his inward character.
7. Having a subtle body. -Masculine
8. A religious student, Brāhmaṇa ascetic; अलिङ्गी लिङ्गिवेषेण यो वृत्तिमुपजीवति । स लिङ्गिनां हरत्येनस्तिर्यग्यौनौ च जायते ॥ Ms.4.2; स्त्रीलिङ्गिविप्रबालानां प्रहर्तव्यं न कर्हिचित् Pt.4.39.
9. A worshipper of Śiva'sliṅga.
10. A hypocrite, pretending devotee, pseudoascetic.
11. An elephant.
12. (In logic) That which possesses the liṅga or middle term; id est, that is वह्नि is the लिङ्गिन् in the familiar instance पर्वतो बह्निमान् धूमात्.
13. (Hence) The subject of a proposition.
14. The Supreme Being (as the sustainer of liṅga.)
15. The cause or source.
16. Name of a Śaiva sect.

1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a mark or sign, wearing a distinguishing mark
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') having the marks or appearance of, characterized by Mn. MBh. etc.
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective bearing false marks or signs, a hypocrite, (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') only having the appearance or acting the part of ibidem (confer, compare द्विज-ल्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a right to wear signs or badges, one whose external appearance corresponds, with his inner character ibidem
5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a subtle body BhP.
6. masculine gender a Bra1hman Brahman of a particular order, religious student, ascetic MBh. Ka1v. etc.
7. masculine gender plural "possessing or furnished with a Lin3ga लिङ्ग", Name of a S3aiva शैव sect (see लिङ्ग-वत्) Col.
8. masculine gender "sustaining the Lin3ga लिङ्ग or Pradha1na प्रधान", Name of Parame7s3vara परमेश्वर Lin3gaP.
9. masculine gender (in logic) Equivalent to -व्यापक, that which possesses an invariable characteristic mark (as in the proposition "there is fire because there is smoke", fire is the लिङ्गिन्; confer, compare IW. 62)
10. masculine gender original source or germ Kap. Scholiast or Commentator
11. masculine gender an elephant Lexicographers
12. masculine gender a species of plant Lexicographers