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How to pronounce shiva

IPA transcription: ['ʃivə]

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Noun

  • (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

    “the family is sitting shiva”

  • 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.