Talk:Ekamukhaliiiga

ekamukhaliiiga (‘one-faced liṅga’) Siva, the god of dissolution of the Hindu Trinity, is worshipped invariably in the form of a liṅga or an emblem of rounded surface. (See LINGA for details.) One of the several varieties of liṅgas is the mānuṣaliṅga, a liṅga prepared by human beings, as per the directions given in the Āgamas like Ajitāgama and Supra- bhedāgama.

In the mukhaliṅga of this variety, one or more mukhas or faces of Śiva are carved on the pṅjābhāga (the cylindrical part seen above the ground). If there is only one mukha, it is then called ‘eka- mukhaliṅga’. It is carved on the round pujābhāga facing the main door of the shrine, and occupying 120 degrees of space. Its height should be more than one hasta or tāla but less than five tālas. See also MUKHALINGA and TĀLAMĀNA SYSTEM.