SIVA


Meaning of SIVA in English

n. (also Shiva) a Hindu deity associated with the powers of reproduction and dissolution, regarded by some as the supreme being and by others as a member of the triad. Sivaism n. Sivaite n. & adj.

[ Skr. Siva, lit. the auspicious one ]

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