lingodbhava
liṅgodbhavaShiva's manifestation as an infinite pillar of light whose top and bottom Brahma and Vishnu could not find.
Where this term appears
- The Pancha Bhuta Sthalam: Five Element Temples Temples
This is the great myth of the lingodbhava , the arising of the linga, the same story that underlies the twelve Jyotirlingas.
- The Twelve Jyotirlingas Temples
The Lingodbhava , "the arising of the linga." It is the theological root of the word jyotirlinga .
- Who is Shiva? Deities
The myth that explains it is Lingodbhava , "the arising of the liṅga." Brahma and Vishnu once fell to disputing which of them was supreme.
- The Great Night Treatise
It holds several, and lets them stand together. The deepest of them is the lingodbhava .
- The Lingam Explained Deities
That story, the Lingodbhava , told in the Shiva Purana , is what the lingam is.