liMgaM [ liMg-ac ] 1 A mark, sign, token, an emblem, a badge, symbol, distinguishing mark, characteristic; yatipArTivaliMgaDAriRO R. 8. 16 ; aTavA prAvfzeRyEreva liMgErmama rAjopacAraH saMprati V. 4. munirdohadaliMgadarSI 14. 71 ; Ms. 1. 30 ; 8. 25 , 252. 2 A false or unreal mark, a guise, disguise, a deceptive badge; liMgErmudaH saMvftavikriyAste R. 7. 30 ; kzapaRakaliMgaDArI Mu. 1 ; na liMgaM DarmakAraRaM H. 4. 85 , see liMgin below. 3 A symptom, mark of disease. 4 A means of proof, a proof, evidence. 5 (In logic) The hetu or middle term in a syllogism; particularly the assertion of the hetu's being found in the pakza or minor term coupled with the statement of the invariable concomitance between this hetu and the major term; it is thus defined: - vyAptipakzaDarmatAvalliMgam Tarka K. 6 The sign of gender or sex. 7 Sex; guRAH pUjAsTAnaM guRizu na caliMgaM na ca vayaH U. 4. 11. 8 The male organ of generation. 9 Gender (in gram. ) 10 The genital organ of Śiva worshipped in the form of a Phallus. 11 The image of a god, an idol. 12 One of the relations or indications (such as saMyoga, viyoga, sAhacarya &c.) which serve to fix the meaning of a word in any particular passage; e. g. in kupito makaraDvajaH the word kuMpita restricts the meaning of makaraDvaja to ‘Kāma’; see K. P. 2 and commentary ad loc. 13 (In Vedānta phil. ) The subtle frame or body, the indestructible original of the gross or visible body. cf. pacaMkoza . 14 A spot, stain. 15 The nominal base, the crude form of a noun ( prAtipadika ). 16 (In Sān. phil. ) Pradhāna or Prakṛti; q. v. 17 The effect or product (that which is evolved out of a primary cause and itself becomes a producer). Comp. — agraM the glans penis. — anuSAsanaM the laws of grammatical gender. — arcanaM the worship of Śiva as a linga . — dehaH , — SarIraM the subtle frame or body; see liMga (13) above. — DArin a. ( pb ) wearing a badge. — nASaH 1 loss of the characteristic marks. 2 loss of penis. 3 loss of vision, a particular disease of the eye. — parAmarSaH the finding out or consideration of a sign or characteristic (in logic); ( e. g. that smoke is a sign of fire); as vahnivyApyaDUmavAnayaM parvataH iti liMgaparAmarSaH . — purARaM N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas. — pratizWA the establishment or consecration of a linga . — varDana a. causing erection of the male organ. — viparyayaH change of gender. — vftte a. hypocritical. — vfttiH a religious hypocrite. — vedI the base or pedestal of a linga . — sTaH a religious student.