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SIVA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon

Synonyms:

Shiva; Siva

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Hindu deity (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)

Instance hyponyms:

Bairava (epithet of Siva)

Holonyms ("Siva" is a member of...):

Trimurti (the triad of divinities of later Hinduism)

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