Description acceptable. In a Tulu legend, the demon Dhumasura was defeated by Jumadi, a deity with this characteristic formed when one god tried to swallow another. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this unusual characteristic possessed by the main deity in Manipuri Vaishnavism as well as Ardhanārīshvara, who was often depicted with a bull and a tiger.
ANSWER: androgynous [or gynandrous; or androgyny; accept bigender; accept half man, half woman, half male, or half female; accept descriptions of a deity with male and female aspects; prompt on composite, compound, fused, consisting of two deities, or equivalents] (The Manipuri deity is Rādhā Krishna.)
[10m] This goddess makes up the female half of the bigender deity Ardhanārīshvara. This ascetic daughter of the mountain king Himavat came about from the self-immolation of her predecessor Sati.
ANSWER: Pārvatī [accept Gaurī, Umā, Aparnā, Girijā, Girirajaputri, Shailaja, or Shailaputri; prompt on Devī or Mahādevī; prompt on Adi Shakti or Adi Para Shakti; prompt on Haimavati]
[10e] Another instance of Hindu deities fusing into one is Hariahara, who is made up of Vishnu and this husband of Pārvatī.
ANSWER: Shiva [or Śiva, Mahādeva, Rudra, Parameshwara, Shankara, Samkara, Naṭarāja, Sabesan, Adalvallaan, Koothan, Annamalai, Mulsthanewswara, Someswara, Rameswara, Mallikarjuna, Iswara, Nandiswara, Lingeswara, Sambhu, Sadāshiva, Parashiva, or Paramashiva]
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