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% Description-comments  : aShTaka to lord Shiva in the form of half man-half woman
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ambhodharashyAmalakuntalAyai
taTitprabhAtAmrajaTAdharAya |
nirIshvarAyai nikhileshvarAya
namaH shivAyai cha namaH shivAya || 1||
pradIptaratnojvalakuNDalAyai
sphuranmahApannagabhUShaNAya |
shivapriyAyai cha shivApriyAya
namaH shivAyai cha namaH shivAya || 2||
mandAramAlAkalitAlakAyai
kapAlamAlA~NkitakandharAya |
divyAmbarAyai cha digambarAya
namaH shivAyai cha namaH shivAya || 3||
kastUrikAku~NkumalepanAyai
shmashAnabhasmAttavilepanAya |
kR^itasmarAyai vikR^itasmarAya
namaH shivAyai cha namaH shivAya || 4||
pAdAravindArpitahaMsakAyai
pAdAbjarAjatphaNinUpurAya |
kalAmayAyai vikalAmayAya
namaH shivAyai cha namaH shivAya || 5||
prapa~nchasR^iShTyunmukhalAsyakAyai
samastasaMhArakatANDavAya |
samekShaNAyai viShamekShaNAya
namaH shivAyai cha namaH shivAya || 6||
praphullanIlotpalalochanAyai
vikAsapa~NkeruhalochanAya |
jagajjananyai jagadekapitre
namaH shivAyai cha namaH shivAya || 7||
antarbahishchordhvamadhashcha madhye
purashcha pashchAchcha vidikShu dikShu |
sarvaM gatAyai sakalaM gatAya
namaH shivAyai cha namaH shivAya || 8||
ardhanArIshvarastotraM upamanyukR^itaM tvidam |
yaH paThechChR^iNuyAdvApi shivaloke mahIyate || 9||

|| iti upamanyukR^itaM ardhanArIshvarAShTakam ||

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Encoded and proofread byP. P. Narayanaswami (swami at math.mun.ca)

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