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Ling, Liṅg: 9 definitions

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Ling means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Ling in China is the name of a plant defined with Trapa bispinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Trapa bicornis Osbeck var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Nakano (among others).

2) Ling is also identified with Trapa natans It has the synonym Trapa bicornis Osbeck (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora URSS (1949)
· Dagbok ofwer en Ostindisk Resa (1757)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1942)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1985)
· Botanical Magazine (1897)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta� (1814)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Liṅg (लिङ्ग्).—I. 1 P. (ṅgti, ṅgita) To go, move. -II. 1 U, (ṅgⲹپ-ٱ)

1) To paint, variegate.

2) To inflect (a noun) according to its gender.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liṅg (लिङ्ग्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] � To go. i. 10 (rather a [denominative.] derived from ṅg), [Parasmaipada.] To change a noun according to its gender.

� With the prep. , i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], [Rmyaṇa] 2, 64, 30), and i. 10. To embrace, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 71, 118 [Mṛcchakaṭik, (ed. Stenzler.)] 91, 14; [ʲñٲԳٰ] 187, 6 (i. 10); [Kathsaritsgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 3, 65 (pf. red. liṅg). Ptcple. of the fut. pass. ṅgya, n. A small drum, [Rmyaṇa] 5, 13, 47.

� With praty prati-a, i. 1, To return an embrace, [Mṛcchakaṭik, (ed. Stenzler.)] 91, 15.

� With sam sam-, i. 1, 1. To embrace, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 27, 6; [Mṛcchakaṭik, (ed. Stenzler.)] 91, 13. 2. To hold, [Rmyaṇa] 5, 13, 48; 53.

� Cf. probably [Old High German.] and [Anglo-Saxon.] hring; [Old High German.] bringjan.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liṅg (लिङ्ग्).—v. ṅg.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liṅg (लिङ्ग्):�(cf. - �ṅg) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ṅgti, to go, [Dhtupṭha v, 48];

� [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] ṅgyati, to paint, variegate (ٰī-첹ṇe), [ib. xxxiii, 65];

—to change or inflect a noun according to its gender, [Vopadeva [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ling in Hindi refers in English to:�(nm) male genital organ, penis, phallus; the phallus deity representing Lord Shiv; gender (in Grammar); sex; -[upasana] phallus worship; phallicism; —[aura vacana] gender and number (in Grammar); -[deha/sharira] the ethereal form of corporeal body (that is supposed to accompany the soul to face the consequences of one’s worldly deeds); ~[pujaka] a phallus-worshipper; phallicist; ~[puja] phallus-worship, phallicism; -[dosha] a mistake of gender; —[pratishtha] installation of the phallus-deity..—ling (लिंग) is alternatively transliterated as Liṃga.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Ling is another spelling for लिङ्� [ṅg].—n. 1. an oblong; upright stone that serves as a symbol of Shiva; 2. a term for the male sexual organ; 3. the phallic representation of Shiva; understood as symbolizing his transcendent; formless nature; 4. Gram. gender; 5. one of the relations or indications which serve to fix the meaning of a word in any particular passage;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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