The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.11
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.11
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LAKSHMAṆA. Step-brother of Rāma, king of Ayodhya. LAKULĪŚA. An incarnation of Śiva. LAṄKA. Ceylon. LIṄGA. The genital organ of Śiva, worshipped in the form of a phallus. LIṄGAYAT. One of the sect founded by Basava, in the Kanarese districts, in the twelfth century, the *liṅga* being their particular object of worship. LŌKĒŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva.