Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1868)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 273
used as * a mark, spot, orsign, the phallus, Siva, nature, or the creative powerand the ^n-imary body. Associated with the wordstri, as in strilinga, it signifies the yoni, i. e., qu(Bfacit arrigere. The means by which the Linga, Sivaor Mahadeva are symbolised are obelises, pillars ofany shape,… … 221 whole bearing a cap as in Fig. 13, and by a pillar en-circled by a serpent as in Fig. 9. In some instancesSiva is represented as an ordinary man. The frequencywith which the Linga is asssociated with the cobra isvery great, and evidently symbolises the active con-dition of the thing signified.…
Religions · Names, Personal · Rites and ceremonies · Symbolism
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