<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMahadeva ni mungu wa uzazi, na lingam ni ishara ya phallus, ambayo mara nyingi huonekana katika mahekalu yake kama stump ya jiwe kutoka kwa ishara ya mwanamke, diski inayoitwa yoni.  <response>: As Mahadev, he is lord of reproduction represented by the lingam, a phallus symbol often appearing in his temples as a stump of stone rising from the female symbol, a disk called the yoni. 