ardhanaariishvarii (happy new year!)

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See /message/3762. It refers to

a diixitar krti addressing ambaaL as ardhanaariishvarii.

 

Some possible reasons why this feminine form is not popular are:

 

a) According to puraaNa-s, it was Lord shiva, who decided to share

one half of his body to ambaaL. Hence, he is called

ardhanaariishvara.

 

b) Also from a masculine perspective it is correct to call "half-

woman" man. It is not so reasonable to call "Half-woman" woman. Even

though it is technically correct. Probably, ardhapUmishhvarii (or

ardhapurushheshvarii) would more appropriate. To make this clear, we

do not call Him ardhapUmiishvara.

 

c) Shiva is most of his forms is ardhanaarii. ambaaL is not so

(explicitly) [see d]

 

d) ambaaL will not like to say that half of HER body is shiva. As a

mahaapativrata HER entire being belongs to HER husband shiva and SHE

would not like to even think as "this part of mine is not Lord

shiva". Even in this world, it is men who give part of themselves

to their wife, and most pativrata-s do not hold back anything and

they give themselves entirely to their husbands.

 

 

If you address them shivaabhyAm, you escape this gender problem.

 

Om shivaabhyannamaH

 

 

My 2c.

 

Ravi

 

 

, "adi_shakthi16 <adi_shakthi16>"

<adi_shakthi16> wrote:

> to all ambaal devcotees,

>

> my namaskarams! happy new year!

>

> i am repeating this question one more time ! can someone answer

me! i

> have heard of 'ardhanareeshwera' but never of 'ardhanreeshweri' ?

is

> anyone here familiar with this term 'ardhanareeshweri' ?

>

> please let me know!