Ardhanarishvara, Ārdhanārīśvara, Ardhanari-ishvara, Ardhanārīśvara: 17 definitions
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Ardhanarishvara has 16 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Ārdhanārīśvara and Ardhanārīśvara can be transliterated into English as Ardhanarisvara or Ardhanarishvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Ardhnariswar.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchArdhanārīśvara (अर्धनारीश्वर):—[(ardha + nārī -ī)] m. Śiva als Hermaphrodit [Oxforder Handschriften 42,b,47.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀrdhanārīśvara (आर्धनारीश्वर):—n. die Geschichte Śiva’s als Mann und Weib [Bālarāmāyaṇa 29,14.]
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Partial matches: Ishvara, Ardha, Ardhanari.
Starts with: Ardhanarishvaramurti, Ardhanarishvarashtaka, Ardhanarishvarastotra, Ardhanarishvaravrata.
Full-text (+41): Vamardhamga, Ardhnariswar, Ardhanarishvaramurti, Kritashauca, Ardhanari, Ardhanarisha, Ardhanateshvara, Tiruchengode, Umaipakan, Umaipankar, Umavana, Skanda, Grihitva, Shiva, Kanda, Phalashin, Mulaphala, Pratigrahavivarjita, Skandashin, Kandamulashin.
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Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Uyyakkondan (Tirumalai) < [Chapter II - Temples of Parantaka I’s Time]
Temples in Anangur < [Chapter VIII - Temples of Uttama Chola’s Time]
Temples in Karuntattangudi (Karandai) < [Chapter VIII - Temples of Uttama Chola’s Time]
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Tiruchchengodu < [Parantaka I]
Temples in Tirunedungalam < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
4. Icons set up By Rajaraja I’s Officers and others < [Tanjavur/Thanjavur (Rajarajesvaram temple)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (91): Ardha-narishvara rasa and Tridoshadavanala rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 33 - Statement of the Sages (ṛṣivākya) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 99 - Destruction of Dakṣa’s sacrifice < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 41 - Nativity of Brahmā < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Hindu Pluralism (by Elaine M. Fisher)
Ardhanārīśvara Dīkṣita and the Birth of Samayin Śrīvidyā < [Chapter 2 - The Making of the Smārta-Śaiva Community of South India]
Śaṅkarācāryas and Smārta Brahmins < [Chapter 2 - The Making of the Smārta-Śaiva Community of South India]
Śaṅkarācārya Worships the Goddess < [Chapter 2 - The Making of the Smārta-Śaiva Community of South India]
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Iconographical Explanation < [Chapter 5 - The Mythological Bridge]
Sculptural Evidence < [Chapter 1 - The Historical Context]
Historicity (of the term linga) < [Chapter 6 - Siva-linga: an Iconological Study]
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