SHIVA
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 destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon
Familiarity information: SHIVA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHIVA (noun)
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)
Meaning:
The destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Siva; Shiva
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)
