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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Shiva
“the Destroyer,” the third member of the Hindu Trimurti, along with Brahma and Vishnu.

Etymology: (< Skt

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

2. (noun) Siva, Shiva
the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon

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