shiva (n.)

  1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; the family is sitting shiva

    [ Syn: shivah , shibah ]

  2. the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon

    [ Syn: siva , shiva ]

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