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Ardhanarishvara (Sanskrit: अर्धनारीश्वर, romanized: Ardhanārīśvara, lit. 'the half-female Lord'), is a form of the
Hindu deity Shiva combined with his...
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forms of
Shiva is
called Ardhanarishvara, a
composite representation with one half of the form
featuring Parvati.
Ardhanarishvara has
special significance...
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Mayhem Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84728-009-1. Pande, Alka (2004).
Ardhanarishvara, the Androgyne:
Probing the
Gender Within. Rupa & Company. ISBN 978-81-291-0464-9...
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recounted the
lives of
Diophantus of Abae and
Callon of Epidaurus.
Ardhanarishvara, an
androgynous composite form of male
deity Shiva and
female deity...
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couples having children through surrogate mothers in
modern days.
Ardhanarishvara is
created by the
merging of the god
Shiva and his
consort Parvati...
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sculpture with
concepts such as
Harihara (Half Vishnu, Half Shiva) and
Ardhanārīshvara (half Shiva, half Parvati), with
myths and
temples that
feature them...
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Vishnu and Lord Brahma, Adi
Parashakti leaves Shiva from his
Ardhanarishvara form. In
order to
shape the universe, she
takes various births to marry...
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philosophy of Parvati: the
image of Shiva-Shakti, the
image of
Shiva as
Ardhanarishvara (the Lord who is half-woman), and the
image of the
linga and the yoni...
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Puranas describe Brahma and
Vishnu to have been
created by
Ardhanarishvara, that is half
Shiva and half Parvati; or alternatively,
Brahma was...
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represent different genders on the left and
right of figures, as with the
Ardhanarishvara form of
Shiva and Parvati. Most of the
earliest large sculpture is...
