Ardhnarishwar: Ardhanarishvara is a form of

Ardhanarishvara is a form of Shiva combined with Parvati, depicted as half-male and half-female. Learn about its origins, iconography, mythology and symbolism in Hinduism. शिव जी के अर्धनारीश्वर रूप को लेकर कई मान्यताएं हैं। एक पौराणिक कथा के अनुसार, जब ब्रह्मा जी को सृष्टि के निर्माण का जिम्मा सौंपा गया था, तब तक शिव जी ने सिर्फ विष्णु और ब्रह्मा जी को ही अवतरित किया था और किसी भी नारी की उत्पत्ति नहीं हुई थी। जब ब्रह्मा जी ने सृष्टि के निर्माण का काम शुरु किया, तब उन्हें ज्ञात हुआ कि उनकी ये सारी रचनाएं जीवनोपरा... Ardhanarishvara , composite male-female figure of the Hindu god Shiva together with his consort Parvati. As seen in many Indian and Southeast Asian sculptures, the right (male) half of the figure is adorned with the traditional ornaments of Shiva. Half of the hair is piled in a hairdress of matted Shri Ardhanarishwara Stotram was composed by Sri Adi Shankara bhagavatpada. Creator and Creation are One ~ Ardhanarishwara, composite of Shiva and Shakti together in one body. This form reminds us that Shiva is beyond gender, yet encompasses both genders. Shiva represents the unmanifest and Shakti the manifest; Shiva the formless and Shakti the formed; Shiva consciousness and Shakti energy, not only in the cosmos as a whole but in each and every individual. Ardhanarishwara form also ...