lingams

Noun

lingam (plural lingams)

1. The aniconic phallic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.
   • Then we have the very numerous lingams (conventional representations of the male organ) to be seen, scores and scores of them, in the arcades and cloisters of the Hindu Temples - to which women of all classes, especially those who wish to become mothers, resort, anointing them copiously with oil...1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 182
2. The penis.
   • Then when his lingam is erect he should touch her with his hands in various places, and gently manipulate various parts of the body.1883, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Karma Sutra