32 Shiva Lingas

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32 Shiva Lingas

Source:Eprarthana.com

Gandha Lingam

It is made of three ingredients -- four parts of sandal paste, three

parts of kumkumam and two parts of musk. Size determines the quantity

and cost to be put in, but the ratio remains constant. If worship is

made to that sandal paste lingam, one gets blessed with

Sivasayujyamukti - merging of his jivatma into the Paramatma. Then

the cycle of birth after death comes to dead end.

 

Pushpa Lingam

This is made of various kinds of fresh, fragrant, multi-coloured

pleasant flowers. It blesses the adorer with kingship and acquisition

of land.

 

 

Gosakru Lingam

It is made of the dung of brown coloured cow. The adorer will be

blessed with wealth, if he worships that lingam.

 

Valuka Lingam

It is made of fine sand and the worship confers the status of

Vidhyadhara, belonging to one of the denominations of worshipful

angels, besides Sivasayujyaprapti.

 

Yavagodhumasalij Lingam

It is made of rice, maize and wheat flour, and if adored, it confers

santanaprapti in addition to wealth.

 

Sitakhanda Lingam

It is made of sugar candy and blesses the adorer with robust health

and disease free easeful life.

 

Lavana Lingam

It is made of salt mixed with the powder of Hartal and Trikatukala.

It blesses the adorer with Vasikaranasakti -- the power that subdues

other with the help of spells and charms.

 

Tilapista Lingam

It is made with the paste of gingili seeds. The desires of the adorer

are fulfilled, if worshipped.

 

 

Bhamsa Lingam

It is made of ash and confers all desirable merits.

 

Guda Lingam Or Sita Lingam

It is made of jaggery or sugar and confers blissful life when adored.

 

Vamsankura Lingam

It is made of the tender leaves of bamboo, and confers a long line of

genealogy.

 

 

Pishta Lingam

It is made of rice flour and blesses the adorer with education.

 

Dhadhidhugdha Lingam

It is made of milk and curd, on separating the entire quantity of

water, and blesses the adorer with property and happiness.

 

Dhanya Lingam

It is made of grain and blesses bumper crops to the adorer.

 

Phala Lingam

It is made of fruits and blesses the owner of orchards with good

crops of fruits.

 

Dhatri Lingam

It is made of a kind of acid fruit – phyllanthus Emblica and bestows

liberation.

 

Navanita Lingam

It is made of butter and confers fame and wealth.

 

Durvakadaja Lingam Or Garika Lingam

It is made of a kind of grass – agrostis linaries and saves the

adorer from untimely or accidental death.

 

Karpura Lingam

It is made of camphor and bestows emancipation.

 

Ayaskanta Lingam

It is made of magnet and confers siddhi – super natural powers.

 

 

Mouktika Lingam

It is made of the ashes obtained by burning pearls and confers

auspiciousness and fortune.

 

Suvarana Lingam

It is made of gold and confers mukti -- deliverance of soul from

body.

 

Rajita Lingam

It is made of silver and confers fortune.

 

Pittala Lingam Or Kamsya Lingam

It is made of an alloy of brass and bell metal and confers the

release of soul from body.

 

Trapu Lingam

It is made of tagara metal and makes one's life free from enemies, if

adored.

 

Ayasa Lingam

It is made of vitroil of sulphate and relieves one from the menace of

enemies.

 

Seesa Lingam

It is made of lead and makes the adorer invulnerable to foes.

 

Ashtadhtu Lingam

It is made of minerals and bestows sarvasiddi – all super natural

powers.

 

Aahtaloha Lingam

It is made of eight metals and cures one of the leprosy.

 

Vaidurya Lingam

It is made of a precious stone called vaidurya – lapis and protects

one from the enemy's arrogant prattle

 

Spatika Lingam

It is made of crystal and bestows fulfilment of all desires.

 

Padara Lingam

It is made of mercury and bestows inestimable fortune.