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How to pronounce shiva
IPA transcription: ['ʃivə]
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Noun
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(Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
“the family is sitting shiva”
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the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon
Usage examples
- In other myths, he is born from Shiva's sweat or blood drop.
- This stands in contrast to the idea that Shiva is the God of destruction.
- It is Yeshiva University's undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences for men.
- While studying in yeshiva Hildesheimer also studied classical languages.
- Telushkin was raised in Brooklyn and attended the Yeshiva of Flatbush.
- The gana also attend Shiva on Mount Kailash.
- These priests requested Pergade to also install a Shivalinga beside the native Daivas.
- There is a Shiva temple at the base of Kotebetta.
- One can find a famous temple of Lord Shiva in Water there.
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe is a private rabbinical college located in South Fallsburg.