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Type Words
Synonyms shibah, shivah
Type of hebdomad, week


the family is sitting shiva.
Type Words
Synonyms siva
Derivation shivaist

Examples of shiva

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Shiva listens with great pleasure and then they return back towards Their abode.
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Koch sat shiva there for his own father while he was mayor, Rabbi Schneier said.
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Shiva reveals that each of these chest hairs corresponds to the life of one Indra.
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Shiva was worshiped in various forms in India, but mainly in the Lingam form.
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Shiva sends Virabhadra, who reeks havoc of the sacrifice and Daksha is slain.
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Hi Sheila,I was just at a shiva, for a cousin of mine whose mother just died.
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Shiva, the all-merciful One, restored Daksha's life, with the head of a goat.
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Shiva ends his narration of the Ram Katha to Parvati as does Kakbhushundi to Garuda.
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Shiva also predicted that Tulsidas'poetry would fructify like the Sama Veda.
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  • (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva"
  • Siva: the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon
  • Shiva /u02C8u0283ivu0259/; Sanskrit: u015Aiva, meaning "The Auspicious" is one of the three major deities of Hinduism. He is the chief within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in contemporary Hinduism. He is one of the five primary forms of God in the Smarta Tradition, and "the Destroyer".
  • Shiva is a 1990 Bollywood action film, based on student politics in a Mafia backdrop, written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film is a remake of Varma's debut Telugu film, Siva (1989), which was premiered at the Kolkata International Film Festival of India, held in January 1990. The film has Nagarjuna, Amala in the lead roles. With wide positive reviews, the film became a blockbuster.
  • Shiva is a 2006 Bollywood film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film is a remake of the 1989 Telugu Film of the same name also directed by Varma. ...
  • Shiva is a 2008 Israeli drama film, also known by its English title as 7 days - by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz. It is the second feature to be directed by the siblings, following 2004's To Take a Wife.
  • Shiva is a Tamil film actor and radio Jockey with the radio station Radio Mirchi.
  • Shiva, in comics, may refer to: * Lady Shiva, a DC Comics supervillain and assassin * Shiva (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics robot
  • 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; A male given name used in India