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This tendency would later blossom into the concepts of Brahman and Atman in the Upanishads where the outer reality Brahman got to be identified with the inner reality in everything that exists called Atman. It is also echoed in the Ardhanarishvara concept where Shiva is viewed as half male and half female emphasizing the importance of both male and female in Nature.
Source - Excerpts from article titled 'Shakti, the Supreme:Mother Goddess in Hinduism' by T S Rukmani in Prabuddha Bharata January 2016 edition (page 89 - 90).
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