Ardhanarishvara, Hindu deity Shiva combined with his consort Parvati. Depicted as half-male and half-female, equally split down the middle. Chiven, moitie homme et moitie femme. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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