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siva
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun siva has 1 sense
- siva(n = noun.person) shiva - the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon; Array is a member of trimurti
is a kind of hindu deity
has particulars: bairava
CIDE DICTIONARY
siva, n. [Skr. Civa, properly, kind, gracious.].
One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
siva, 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.
Derivative
Sivaism n. Sivaite n. & adj.
Etymology
Skr. Siva, lit. the auspicious one
ROGET THESAURUS
siva
Jupiter
N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.
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