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    See also arddhanārīśa, arddhanārīśaḥ.


    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    ardha—nārīśa or ardha—nārīśvara, m. ‘the lord who is half female (and half male)’, a form of Śiva.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 444.
    ardhanārīśa (ardha - nārī + īśa) m. Śiva in der Form eines Halbweibes ŚABDAR. im ŚKDR. Auch ardhanārīnāṭeśa Verz. d. B. H. No. 1339.