[
US
/ˈʃivə/
]
[ UK /ʃˈiːvɐ/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈiːvɐ/ ]
NOUN
- the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon
How To Use Shiva In A Sentence
- Shiva the destroyer is a necessary part of the trinity because, without destruction, there can be no recreation.
- Christie's had an auction offering a number of Asian collectibles, including an important bronze group of Shiva and Parvati from the Chola dynasty.
- Worsted in this war of love Shiva punished the mischievous god of love Madana for aiding that maiden by causing springtime to appear on the scene before its wonted time.
- Next came scores of Yeshiva students singing stirring songs about the greatness of the Torah.
- Shiva, for instance, was a Dravidian tribal god, very much a folk deity, until theologised and worked into the larger Hindu pantheon.
- According to some, the depiction of Lord Shiva, by an unknown artist, was about 200 years old.
- I am researching all aspects of shivarees, and would be interested in hearing about what people in your area think about the reasons for shivarees, what kinds of things happen or happened at them, and how people react or reacted to them.
- Christie's had an auction offering a number of Asian collectibles, including an important bronze group of Shiva and Parvati from the Chola dynasty.
- In the same area we find the Raghunath temple with icons of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Hanuman, Radha and Krishna, with 51 Shiva lingas and 34 Saalgraams.
- To help uncover the complexities of India's uneven rise, The Shiva Rules uses as a loose reporting metaphor Shiva, the popular Hindu deity of destruction and rebirth.