शिव śhiv

Shiva. God’s name. Means “World Benefector”, “a Point”, “the Seed of the Human World Tree”.

Shiva शिव. God (Benefactor).

शिव śiva shiv (nm) one of the divine trio (ब्रह्मा, विष्णु and महेश) of the Hindus; the good; well-being, welfare; (a) happy; auspicious; ~भक्त a devotee of Lord Shiv; ~भक्ति devotion to Lord Shiv; ~रात्रि a Hindu festival observed on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month of Ma:gh; ~लिंग phallus—worshipped as the symbol of Shiv; ~लोक kaila:sh—the abode of Shiv; ~वाहन bull—the vehicle of Lord Shiv.

शिव śiv [S.], adj. & m. 1. adj. auspicious. 2. m. name of the third god, with Brahmā and Viṣṇu, of the Hindu triad (Śiva's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew). 3. the phallic emblem of Śiva. — शिव-तांडव, m. mythol. the dance of Śiva (at the time of the dissolution of the world). शिव-धाम, m. abode of Śiva: a name of Banaras, and of Kailash. शिव-नंदन, m. Brbh. dear son of Śiva: a title of Gaṇeś. शिवनामी, f. a garment marked all over with the name of Śiva. शिव-पुर, m. Śiva's city: Banaras. शिव-प्रिय, m. dear to Śiva: the nuts of the rudrākṣa tree (used in rosaries and bracelets). शिवमौलिस्त्रुता, f. flowing from Śiva's head, or crown: a title of the Ganges. शिव-रात्रि, f. Siva's night: name of a festival in honour of Śiva (kept, with a fast during the day and night and sometimes with observations extending over a longer period, on the fourteenth of the dark half of the month Phālgun). शिव-लिंग, m. = ~, 3. शिव-वृषभ, m. Śiva's bull, Nandī. शिव-सेना, f. Śiva's army: name of a right-wing organisation active in Bombay and Mahārāṣṭra. शिवालय [˚va + ā˚], m. Śiva's abode: a temple or shrine dedicated to Śiva. शिवाँसा [aṃśa-], m. reg. (W.) harvest perquisite given to a Śaiva ascetic.

S شو शिव śiva, vulg. śiv, and śib, śiʼo, śiʼu, adj. (f. -ā), Auspicious, propitious, fortunate, lucky, prosperous, happy; — s.m. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer, or Time personified; the phallic emblem of Śiva; — an auspicious planetary conjunction; the twentieth of the astronomical periods called yoga; a name of the Veda; final emancipation, beatitude; bliss, happiness, well-being; — a pillar or post to which cattle are tied; a kind of drug and perfume; — water; rock-salt; sea-salt: — śivālay (˚va+al˚), s.m. Śiva's abode'; red basil, Ocymum sanctum; — a temple or shrine dedicated to Śiva; a cemetery, a place where bodies are burnt: — śiv-bhakt, s.m. A worshipper of Śiva: — śiv-pur, s.m. or śiv-purī, s.f. 'Śiva's city,' name of the city of Benares (especially sacred to Śiva): — śiva-priya, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Dear to, or esteemed by, Śiva; — the tree Sesbana grandiflora; the thorn-apple; crystal; — the seeds of the rudrāksh: — śiva-priyā, s.f. The goddess Durgā: — śhiv-ćaraṇ, vulg. śiʼu-ćaraṇ, s.m. The (blessed) feet of Śiva; — a proper name: — śiva-droh, s.m. The enmity or the malevolence of Śiva: — śiv-dhātu, s.m. 'Śiva's essence,' quicksilver; 'Śiva's mineral,' milk-stone, opal, chalcedony: — śiv-dhām, s.m. An epithet of Kailās; and of Benares: — śiv-dīn, vulg. śiʼu-dīn, adj. Bestowed by Śiva; — a proper name ( = Theodore; ḵẖudā-dād): — śiva-rātri, vulg. śiʼu-rātrī, s.f. 'Śiva's night,' name of a celebrated and very popular festival in honour of Śiva or of the birth of the phallus (kept on the 14th of the dark half of the month Māgh (Jan.-Feb.); a rigorous fast and extraordinary ceremonies are observed during the day and night, and Śiva is worshipped under the type of the ling): — śiv-samāj, s.m. An assemblage of the worshippers of Śiva (esp. on Mount Kailās): — śiv-śaṅkar, vulg. siʼu-saṅkar, s.m. An epithet of Śiva or Mahādeʼo; a proper name: — śiv-śail, s.m. 'Siva's mountain,' a name of Mount Kailās: — śiv-gaṇ, s.m. The attendants of Śiva: — śiva-ling, s.m. The phallus or emblem of Śiva: — śiv-nārāyaṇ, vulg. siʼu-nārain, s.m. An epithet of Śiva; name of another god; a proper name: — śiv-nārāyaṇī, s.m. A follower of Śiv-nārāyaṇ: — śiv-vānī, s.f. The voice or the words of Śiva.

Shiva The eternal name of God. The word “Shiv” in Hindi has three main meanings: Benefactor, Seed, Point. He is eternal and ever constant in His qualities therefore He is also called “Sada Shiv” (“sada” means “always”).