consortism

Our reply is : — It may possibly be a mere state of consortism — another of the many familiar instances of two diverse organisms being found in company.

Nowhere in the Vaisnava artistic tradition does one find the kind of representation of divine consortism that occurs in the Śaiva tradition, and based on this alone it is possible to assert that divine consortism in the Vaisnava tradition does not reflect the praka-śavimarśa aspect of consciousness which is a central feature of Śiva-Śakti art.