Talk:God and gender in Hinduism

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Ardhnarishwar

Maybe we can mention Ardhnarishwar, an interesting concept in Hinduism. deeptrivia (talk) 02:46, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean Ardhanarishvara?
in favour Teardrop onthefire 10:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC) update (it is indeed in there but it could be expanded, very interesting concept!)[reply]

Is it appropriate to refer to a 'God' in this article? The Hindus believed in multiple gods, not a single and capitalized god. It looks like this article was written by a devout Christian or other monotheist. TheDestitutionOfOrganizedReligion (talk) 15:58, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not true, destination. Only Smarta Hinduism considers multiple forms of God, but considers them all equivalent. Vaishnavism, for example, by contrast considers Vishnu to be the only supreme God.

Thanks, Raj2004 (talk) 20:51, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POV

Currently the text reads like an exploration of sources that may support the primacy of neuter or feminine interpretations of divinity in Hindu theology. This is important and interesting material, however it seems WP:UNDUE given the prominence of Agni and Indra in the Rigveda for a start.

More systematic and chronological treatment of the topic would make it obvious to a reader that an NPOV approach was intended. Alastair Haines (talk) 04:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Verb Usage?

Some author of this article wrote "...Hindu traditions that alleviate God in the female conception, even as the source of the male form of God." Clearly the verb "alleviate" is wrong. I suspect whoever meant to write "elevate". I hesitate to alter the verb, however, in case a different meaning was intended. Any thoughts? Ellenois (talk) 17:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]