Shiva
Cosmic trinity member
Shiva is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, part of the trinity with Brahma and Vishnu.
Known as the destroyer and transformer, Shiva embodies both asceticism and the householder life, often depicted with a third eye, crescent moon, and the river Ganges flowing from his hair.
Devotees of Shiva are called Shaivites. (Lowercase shiva is the Jewish mourning period.)
deity
Ancient Indian spiritual tradition
ascetic
Practice of focused awareness
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- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- HimalayaAsia's tallest mountain range
Hinduism
Ancient Indian spiritual tradition
Ganges
India's holiest river
- TridentBallistic missile designation
Parvati
Hindu goddess of fertility
- VedasHindu canonical texts
Meditation
Practice of focused awareness
- AshesCricket's oldest international rivalry
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- HimalayaAsia's tallest mountain range
Bhakti
Devotional worship tradition
- AgamasHindu ritual scriptures
- Dharmic Conceptskarma, dharma, nirvana, moksha, samsara
- GangesGanges, Ganges River, Ganges Delta, Varanasi, Benares
- Hindu DeitiesVishnu, Brahma, Ganesha, Ganesh, Krishna
- Hindu GodsBrahma, Vishnu, Ganesha, Krishna, Lakshmi
- South Asian religionIslam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism
- God NamesTheodore, Theophilus, Emmanuel, Gabriel, Michael
hindu trimurti function
ShivaVishnu
Hindu deity of preservation
Brahma · preservation · creation · sustenance · maintenance
- sitting shivaJewish mourning practice
- sit shivaJewish bereavement practice
- sat shivaObserved Jewish bereavement period