Shiva (disambiguation)
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Shiva is a major Hindu god.
Shiva may refer to:
Religion
- Shivā (ending with long 'a'), another name of Parvati, Shiva's consort
- Shiva (Judaism), the Jewish ritual of mourning for seven ("shiva") days after the burial of an immediate relative
- The supreme soul of Brahma Kumaris religion
Science
- Shiva laser, built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the late 1970s
- Shiva Star, a high-powered plasma weapon research project
- Shiva crater, an apparent impact crater in the Indian Ocean, possibly associated with the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event; unrelated to the
- Shiva Hypothesis, scientific theory concerning impact events
- Shiva, a strain of Cannabis sativa subsp. indica
Computing
- Shiva Corporation, a manufacturer of computer network products
- SheevaPlug, a small form factor computer
- ShiVa, 3D game engine
People
- Shiva (singer) (1971–1995), house music singer
- Shivaji (1630–1680), founder of the Maratha Empire
- Vandana Shiva, physicist, philosopher, ecofeminist (born 1952), environmental activist, and writer
- Shiva (actor), a Tamil actor
Places
- Shiva, Iran, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
Arts
Film
- Siva (1989 Tamil film), a Tamil film starring Rajinikanth released in 1989
- Siva (1989 Telugu film), a 1989 Telugu film by director Ram Gopal Varma
- Shiva (1990 film), a remake of the Telugu film in Hindi by director Ram Gopal Varma
- Shiva (2006 film), another Hindi remake by Ram Gopal Varma
- Shiva (2008 film), by siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz
- Shiva (2012 film), A Kannada film starring Shivrajkumar
Literature
- Shiva trilogy by Amish, consisting of The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas and The Oath of the Vayuputras
- A fictitious strain of Ebola virus from the novel Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
- Shiva (Marvel Comics), a computer program that spawns robots to destroy Weapon X experiment subjects
- Lady Shiva, a DC Comics character
- Kaiyanwang, a.k.a. Shiva, a fictional character from 3×3 Eyes
Television and video
- Neosapien General Shiva from the cartoon TV series Exosquad
- Shiva, the ultimate villain in the anime Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato
- The Shiva, the award given to the league winners on The League
- Shiva, an episode of the tenth season of NCIS.
Video games
- Shiva, a summonable ice elemental in the Final Fantasy franchise
- Sheeva, Mortal Kombat character
- A character in the Streets of Rage video game series
- Shiva's Guard, a powerful artifact in the Warcraft III game Defense of the Ancients
- Shivans are the main antagonistic race in the Freespace series
See also
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