Shiva

See also shiva

English

A statue in Bangalore depicting Shiva meditating

Etymology

From Sanskrit शिव (Śivá, “the auspicious one”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shēʹvə, IPA: /ˈʃiːvə/, X-SAMPA: /Si:v@/

Proper noun

Shiva

1. (Hinduism) 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.
2. A male given name used in India.

Translations

deity

• Afrikaans: Sjiwa (af)
• Arabic: شيڤا (ar)
• Armenian: Շիվա (hy) (Šiva)
• Belarusian: Шыва (be) (Šyva)
• Bengali: শিব (bn) (śiva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濕婆 (cmn), 湿婆 (cmn) (Shīpó)

• Estonian: Šiva (et)
• Finnish: Shiva (fi), Šiva (fi)
• Georgian: შივა (ka) (šiva)
• Hindi: शिव (hi) (śiv, śiva) m
• Hungarian: Síva (hu)
• Japanese: シヴァ (ja) (Shiva)
• Kannada: ಶಿವ (kn)

• Khmer: សូលី (km) (soolii), បរមេស្វរៈ (km) (parameisvara)
• Korean: 시바 (ko)
• Malayalam: ശിവൻ (ml)
• Marathi: शिव (mr) (śiva) m
• Newari: चिवऩ्
• Oriya: ଶିବ (or)
• Polish: Śiwa (pl) m
• Russian: Шива (ru) (Šíva) m
• Sanskrit: शिव (sa) (śivá) m
• Tamil: சிவன் (ta)
• Telugu: శివుడు (te)
• Thai: พระอิศวร (th)
• Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག (bo)
• Ukrainian: Шива (uk) (Šyva)

External links

• Shiva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia