Shiva lingam

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Hindu religious object aniconic representation religious symbol

The Shiva lingam is a symbolic representation of the Hindu god Shiva, typically a smooth, cylindrical stone or pillar venerated as an abstract emblem of divine generative power and cosmic creation.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Shiva lingam canonical	10
Agni lingam	1
Mamleshwar (Amaleshwar) Shiva lingam	1
Shaligram stones	1
Shiva linga	1
Shivalinga	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu religious object ⓘ aniconic representation ⓘ religious symbol ⓘ
associatedDeity	Shiva ⓘ
associatedSymbol	yoni ⓘ
culturalRegion	India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ
devotionalPractice	chanting of mantras ⓘ circumambulation ⓘ lighting of lamps ⓘ
foundIn	Hindu shrine ⓘ Shiva temple ⓘ
iconographicType	aniconic Shiva image ⓘ
interpretedAs	axis mundi ⓘ symbol of consciousness ⓘ symbol of energy ⓘ
material	black basalt ⓘ clay ⓘ crystal ⓘ metal ⓘ stone ⓘ wood ⓘ
placedOn	yoni ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
represents	Shiva ⓘ
ritual	abhisheka ⓘ offering of bilva leaves ⓘ offering of honey ⓘ offering of milk ⓘ offering of water ⓘ
symbolizes	cosmic creation ⓘ cosmic pillar ⓘ divine generative power ⓘ formless aspect of Shiva ⓘ
textualSource	Linga Purana ⓘ Shiva Purana ⓘ Skanda Purana ⓘ
typicalForm	stone pillar ⓘ
typicalShape	cylindrical ⓘ elliptical ⓘ
typicalSurface	smooth ⓘ
worshipDay	Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
worshippedAs	abstract emblem of Shiva ⓘ
worshipTradition	Lingayatism ⓘ surface form: Lingayat tradition Shaivism ⓘ Smarta Sampradaya ⓘ surface form: Smarta tradition

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Shiva lingam
Description of subject: The Shiva lingam is a symbolic representation of the Hindu god Shiva, typically a smooth, cylindrical stone or pillar venerated as an abstract emblem of divine generative power and cosmic creation.

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koneswaram Temple → hasObject → Shiva lingam ⓘ

Gandaki River → associatedWith → Shiva lingam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shaligram stones

Ramanathaswamy Temple → mainDeity → Shiva lingam ⓘ

Kedarnath Temple → mainDeity → Shiva lingam ⓘ

Linga Purana → focusesOn → Shiva lingam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiva linga

Mahabhairab Temple → primaryDeity → Shiva lingam ⓘ

Annamalaiyar Temple → lingamType → Shiva lingam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agni lingam

Kashi Vishwanath temple, Maheshwar → primaryDeity → Shiva lingam ⓘ

Rajarajeshwara temple, Maheshwar → hasDeity → Shiva lingam ⓘ

subject surface form: Rajarajeshwara Temple, Maheshwar

Nandi (mythological bull of Shiva) → oftenDepictedFacing → Shiva lingam ⓘ

subject surface form: Nandi

Neelkanth Mahadev Temple complex → hasDeity → Shiva lingam ⓘ

Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga temple → hasDeity → Shiva lingam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mamleshwar (Amaleshwar) Shiva lingam

Eklingji → iconographicForm → Shiva lingam ⓘ

Vishwanath → hasIconographicForm → Shiva lingam ⓘ

Tapkeshwar Temple → hasLingamType → Shiva lingam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shivalinga