Shiva

shiva English thumb|A statue in Bengaluru depicting Shiva meditating Alternative forms en Śiva Shiv Shivan Siva Etymology en sa शिव śivá the auspicious one. Pronunciation shēʹvə, en /ˈʃiːvə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shiva.wav Southern England shĭʹvə, en /ˈʃɪvə/ en iːvə ɪvə 2 Proper noun en Hinduism The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine. en 1964 Nabin Kumar Sahu Utkal University History Of Orissa https://archive.org/details/utkaluniversityh0000nksa/page/n16/mode/1up The Utkal University 1 7 The later Bhaumas who were originally Buddhists became worshippers of Siva as is known from their inscriptions. Aug. 30, 2015 Alastair Macaulay Review: At Indian Dance Festival, Subtleties in the Sway of a Torso http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/arts/dance/review-at-indian-dance-festival-subtleties-in-the-sway-of-a-torso.html Again Shiva was the subject — Shiva with his dance of creation and destruction, the most philosophically profound of the many dances that pervade Indian thought. https://web.archive.org/web/20220616134806/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/arts/dance/review-at-indian-dance-festival-subtleties-in-the-sway-of-a-torso.html en male Sanskrit used in India. Coordinate terms en Hara, en Ishvara, en Mahadev, en Mahakala, en Mrityunjay, en Rudra names of Shiva en Daikokuten a Japanese name of Shiva Derived terms en Shivaism Shivaist Related terms en Shaivism en Om Namah Shivaya en Har Har Mahadev Translations deity Afrikaans: af Sjiwa Arabic: ar شِيڤَا šivā Aragonese: an Śiva Armenian: hy Շիվա Assamese: as শিৱ Asturian: ast Shivá Azerbaijani: az Şiva Bactrian: xbc Οηϸο Belarusian: be Шыва m Bengali: bn শিব Bihari: bh शिव Breton: br Śiva Burmese: my သိဝ Carpathian Rusyn: rue Шіва m Catalan: ca Xiva f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 濕婆 sap1 po4, yue 大黑天 daai6 hak1 tin1 Buddhism Mandarin: cmn 濕婆 Shīpó, cmn 大黑天 Dàhēitiān Buddhism, cmn 大自在天 Dàzìzàitiān Buddhism Czech: cs Šiva m Esperanto: eo Ŝivao Estonian: et Šiva Finnish: fi Shiva, fi Šiva Georgian: ka შივა German: de Schiwa m, de Shiva Greek: el Σίβα f Gujarati: gu શિવ m Hindi: hi शिव m Hungarian: hu Siva Icelandic: is Síva Indonesian: id Siwa Irish: ga Síve m Japanese: ja シヴァ Shiva, ja 大自在天 Javanese: jv Siwah Kannada: kn ಶಿವ Kazakh: kk Шива Khmer: km សូលី soolii, km បរមេស្វរៈ parameisvara, km សិវៈ Konkani: kok शिव Korean: ko ^시바 Latin: la Sivus Latvian: lv Šiva m Lithuanian: lt Šiva m Low German: German Low German: nds-de Schiwa Malayalam: ml ശിവൻ Manipuri: mni ꯁꯤꯕ Marathi: mr शिव m Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Шива Mingrelian: xmf შივა Nepali: ne शिव Newar: new चिवऩ् Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Shiva Nynorsk: nn Sjiva, nn Shiva Odia: or ଶିବ Persian: fa شیوا šivâ Polish: pl Śiwa m Portuguese: pt Xiva m, pt Shiva m Punjabi: pa ਸ਼ਿਵ m Western Punjabi: pnb شیوا m Russian: ru Ши́ва m Sanskrit: sa शिव m śivá Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ши̑ва m Latin: sh Šȋva m Sindhi: sd شِو Slovak: sk Šiva m Slovene: sl Šiva Tamil: ta சிவன், ta ஈசன், ta சொக்கன், ta கூத்தன் Tatar: tt Шива Telugu: te శివుడు Thai: th ศิวะ, th อิศวร, th อีศวร, th อิศร Tibetan: bo དབང་ཕྱུག Tulu: tcy ಈಶ್ವರ Turkish: tr Şiva Ukrainian: uk Шива Urdu: ur شیو m śīv Võro: vro Šiva Yakut: sah Шива male given name Hindi: hi शिव m Further reading en Hindu deities Shaivism Finnish Alternative forms fi Šiva Etymology From fi sa शिव. Pronunciation šiva Proper noun Shiva Hindu deity Declension sg Shiv a Japanese Romanization シヴァ Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor sa:शिव + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun m pt Xiva