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1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
   "the family is sitting shiva"
   - shivah, shibah

1. The destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon
   - Siva

Sounds like: shiver, shivah

Derived forms: shivas

See also: Shivaist

Type of: hebdomad, Hindu deity, week

Part of: Trimurti

Encyclopedia: Shiva