Vaikuntha Kamalaja, Lakshmi Narayan Appreciation Thread.

Vaikuntha Kamalaja or (Lakshmi Narayan) is the combined form of the Hindi God Vishnu with his consort Lakshmi. It is depicted as Half male and Half female split down in the middle. The right half is Vishnu symbolising the traditional attributes. This iconography depicts the oneness and non-duality of the male and female principals of the universe.

The form of God is known by several names including: Vaikuntha Kamalaja, (Vaikuntha is the abode of Vishnu, here name of the Vishnu side and Kamalaja is "she who is born of a lotus" – Lakshmi), Vaishnava Ardhanari ("the Ardhanari – "half-woman" of the Vaishnava sect, which is dedicated to Vishnu), Ardhanari-Narayana ("Narayana (Vishnu) who is half-female"), Ardhanari-Vishnu ("Vishnu who is half-woman"), Ardha-Lakshmi-Narayana ("Vishnu who is half-Lakshmi"), Vasudeva-Kamalaja ("Vishnu-Lakshmi"), Vasudeva Lakshmi ("Vishnu-Lakshmi") and Ardha-Lakshmi-Hari ("Hari (Vishnu) who is half-Lakshmi").

Edits, not mine.

Vaikuntha Kamlaja is to big to be a ship name but when puranas and vedas have declared it themselves, who are we to argue 😃

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