Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Siva"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Siva \Si"va\, n. [Skr. Civa, properly, kind, gracious.] (Hindoo
Myth.)
One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or
destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive
power of nature.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Siva
n : the Destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the
later Hindu pantheon [syn: {Siva}, {Shiva}]
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