About the Book: Ardhanarisvara In Art And Literature
The scholarly work throws light on the artistic, aesthetic, literary and
philosophical aspects of the Ardhanarisvara form of Siva. Providing a conceptual
and historical background of the doctrines relating to Siva and Sakti worship-it
involves an iconographical study of the Ardhanarisvara image.
The scholarly work throws light on the artistic, aesthetic, literary and
philosophical aspects of the Ardhanarishvara form of Shiva-the form which is a
divine expression of the amalgamation of the male and the female and is said to
contain the whole world in it. Providing a conceptual and historical back-ground
of the doctrines relating to Shiva and