Ardhanarishvara (Sanskrit: अर्धनारीश्वर, romanized: Ardhanārīśvara, lit. 'the half-female Lord'), is a form of the Hindu deity Shiva combined with his...

creation of the world by Brahma, Adi Shakti leaves Shiva from his Ardhanarishvara form. In order to shape the universe, she takes various births to marry...

forms of Shiva is called Ardhanarishvara, a composite representation with one half of the form featuring Parvati. Ardhanarishvara has special significance...

Rajput. Ram Yashvardhan as Bhagwan Shiva Virabhadra Bhairava Nataraja Ardhanarishvara Tripurari Subha Rajput as Devi Shakti Devi Sati Devi Bhadrakali Devi...

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...

and his consort Lakshmi. Though inspired by the much more popular Ardhanarishvara form of Shiva and Parvati, Vaikuntha-Kamalaja is a rare form, mostly...

couples having children through surrogate mothers in modern days. Ardhanarishvara is created by the merging of the god Shiva and his consort Parvati...

described as the best-known example of the genre in the West. Agdistis Ardhanarishvara Hermaphroditus Rebis Intersex Pseudo-penis True hermaphroditism Leupp...

Star of David and the Japanese Kagome crest. Anahata (Heart chakra) Ardhanarishvara Mandala Sri Yantra Yin and yang Star of David sivasakti.com: Introduction...

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...

Culture tour): 1. Ravananugraha 2. Shiva-Parvati, Mount Kailash 3. Ardhanarishvara 4. Sadashiva Trimurti 5. Gangadhara 6. Wedding of Shiva 7. Shiva slaying...

police and falls into the river. He is rescued by Alpha, the keeper of Ardhanarishvara, a local temple whose hijra community is being targeted by Baba's growing...

holding an axe and a deer, and the lower pair wielding a bow and arrow. Ardhanarishvara (Sanskrit: अर्धनारीश्वर; Ardhanārīśvara, "the lord who is half woman")...

from Shiva and Parvati as being half of the other, represented as Ardhanarishvara. Parvati is found extensively in ancient Indian literature, and her...

is a Peterson translation of a Stotra by the Tamil poet Appar for Ardhanarishvara, the Hindu concept of a god who incorporates both the masculine and...

sculpture with concepts such as Harihara (Half Vishnu, Half Shiva) and Ardhanārīshvara (half Shiva, half Parvati), with myths and temples that feature them...

displays other Hindu deities such as Vishnu, Durga, Surya, Harihara, Ardhanarishvara, and others. It opens to the sunrise and its sanctum, as well as the...

Shiva-focussed Puranas describe Brahma and Vishnu to have been created by Ardhanarishvara, that is half Shiva and half Parvati; or alternatively, Brahma was...

recounted the lives of Diophantus of Abae and Callon of Epidaurus. Ardhanarishvara, an androgynous composite form of male deity Shiva and female deity...

Guide. 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...

Chandrashekhara with prabhavali, plus two dvarapalas North wall: Ardhanarishvara (half Shiva, half Parvati), Gangadhara without Parvati, Pashupata-murti...

syllable for this chakra is the syllable OM, and the presiding deity is Ardhanarishvara, who is a half male, half female Shiva/Shakti. The Shakti goddess of...

is a symbolic representation of this idea. A similar idea, called Ardhanarishvara or Naranari, fuses masculine and feminine deities as one and equivalent...

half is Krishna forming the combined masculine and feminine form of Ardhanarishvara. In Radha Krishna temples, Radha stands on the left of Krishna, with...

Dakshinamurti Harihara Ishana Nataraja Sadyojata Tatpurusha Vamadeva Shakti Ardhanarishvara Sati Parvati Ganesha Kartikeya Devasena Valli Nandi Texts Shvetashvatara...

Pleased with the austerities, Shiva finally appeared before Krishna as Ardhanarishvara, the half-female-half-male form of the god, asked him to ask a boon...

contended. In Hinduism, one of the several forms of the Hindu god Shiva is Ardhanarishvara (literally half-female god). In this composite form, the left half...

The outer walls of the Kada Siddheshwara sanctum feature images of Ardhanarishvara (half Shiva, half Parvati) on its north, Harihara (half Shiva, half...

male, half female, as a fusion of the male and female principles (Ardhanarishvara). Shaivism is related to Shaktism, wherein Shakti is seen as spouse...

Shiva may be represented as a masculine idol, or half-man half woman Ardhanarishvara form, in an anicon linga-yoni form. The worship rituals associated...