Ardhanarishwar
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| Author | Vishnu Prabhakar |
|---|---|
| Original title | अर्धनारीश्वर |
| Language | Hindi |
| Subject | Romance |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Sahitya Akademi Publications |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | India |
| Pages | Approx 1200 |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (1993) Padma Bhushan (2004) Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2002, Punjabi translation) Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2013, Rajasthani translation) |
| ISBN | 8189859501 |
Ardhanarishwar (meaning The Androgynous God or Shiva) is a Hindi novel by Indian writer Vishnu Prabhakar, published in 1992. It won the 1993 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi, given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[1][2] Prabhakar was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2004 for it.[3][4] It is about 1200-pages long and was well received by the readers.[5]
