Vaikuntha-Kamalaja

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Vaikuntha-Kamalaja (or Lakshmi-Narayana) is a composite androgynous form of the Hindu god Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi. It is also known as Ardhanari Narayana and Vasudeva Kamalaja. Like Ardhanarishvara, Vaikuntha-Kamalaja is depicted as half male and half female, split down the middle.

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“As explained in Saradatilaka and Tantrasara, Vaikuntha-Kamalaja, like Ardhanarishvara, symbolise the oneness or non-duality of male and female principles of the universe. The Shilparatna specifically talks about the oneness of Vishnu and Lakshmi.”

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