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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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considered by the
tradition to be as
important as the
Bhagavad Gita. The
Ardhanarisvara concept co-mingles god
Shiva and
goddess Shakti by
presenting an icon...
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derived from
Shiva and
Parvati as
being half of the other,
represented as
Ardhanarisvara. This
concept is
represented as an
androgynous image that is half man...
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February 2022. A
total of 6
stone sculptures,
including that of a
Ardhanarisvara belonging to the
temple were
believed to be
stolen and
smuggled abroad...
- ISBN 978-0195120530, p. 67
Ellen Goldberg (2002), The Lord who is half woman:
Ardhanārīśvara in
Indian and
feminist perspective,
State University of New York Press...
- ISBN 978-8120808775,
pages 334-335
Ellen Goldberg (2002), The Lord who is half woman:
Ardhanārīśvara in
Indian and
feminist perspective, SUNY Press, ISBN 0-791453251, pages...
- L'Art en Inde. H. N. Abrams. pp. 287–288, 427. ISBN 978-0-8109-0630-3. "
Ardhanārīśvara". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2011.
Archived from the
original on 15 August...
- Sri Vidya, the Urdhvāmnāya (Upper transmission)
centered around the
Ardhanārīśvara half-goddess/half-Śiva form, and the Adharāmnāya (Lower transmission)...
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Shiva and
Shakti in the form of
Ardhanarisvara...
- of his body to
Parvathi making Thiruvelvikudi the
birthplace of the
Ardhanarisvara cult. The
temple is
counted as one of the
temples built on the banks...
