[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2785 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2785 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2785 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2785](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2785) (ii) Liṅga Purāṇa. This contains instructions of Śiva on Dharma sitting in the form of liṅga (Phallus). The twentyeight different forms of Śiva are described in this. This contains twelve thousand verses and if this book is given as a gift to a brahmin with tiladhenu on the full-moon day in the month of Phālguna (March) the donor will attain Śivasāyujya. - [Previous: c8.2784](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2784) - [Next: c8.2786](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2786) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2785](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2785) · Pramāṇa