SHIVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Shiva mean? 

• SHIVA (noun)
  The noun SHIVA has 2 senses:

1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

2. the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon

  Familiarity information: SHIVA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIVA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

shibah; shiva; shivah

Context example:

the family is sitting shiva

Hypernyms ("shiva" is a kind of...):

hebdomad; week (any period of seven consecutive days)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Shiva; Siva

Instance hypernyms:

Hindu deity (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)

Instance hyponyms:

Bairava (epithet of Siva)

Holonyms ("Shiva" is a member of...):

Trimurti (the triad of divinities of later Hinduism)

Derivation:

Shivaist (worshipper of Shiva)