Ardhanārīśvara in art and literature
Neeta Yadav
Legend is that a devote sage worhip only Shiva. He visits Shiva who is sitting with his consort Parvathi. The sage wanted to circumambulate only Shiva. He transformed himself as a beetle and tried to avoid Parvathi by flying in between Shiva and Parvathi. Shiva gauged the mood of Parvathi which is not good. So he merged half of his body with that of Parvathi's half, thus transformong himself as Arthanatisawara-Half male half female. you can delve into the book to understand the symbolism of this MYTH.
年:
2001
出版社:
D.K. Printworld
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
8124601690
ISBN 13:
9788124601693
文件:
PDF, 51.79 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2001