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Shiva

Shiva (/ˈʃɪvə/; Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. 'The Auspicious One'), also known as Mahadeva (/məˈhɑː ˈdeɪvə/; Sanskrit: महादेव, IAST: Mahādevaḥ, , lit. 'The Great God') and Hara (Sanskrit: हर, lit. 'The Remover'), is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism.

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Historical development and literature

Indian subcontinentNepalSri LankaSoutheast AsiaSanskritization
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Position within Hinduism

VaishnavismLingayatism"शिवKapalikasKashmir Shaivism
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Attributes

KāmaCandraVibhutiNīlakaṇthaHalahala
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Forms and depictions

RishikeshYajurvedaStella KramrischShiva sahasranamaBhikshatana
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Abode
Kailasa · Shmashana
Affiliation
Trimurti · Ishvara · Parabrahman · Paramatman (Shaivism)
Children
Kartikeya (son) Ganesha (son) See list of others · Kartikeya (son) · Ganesha (son) · See list of others
Consort
Sati, Parvati and other forms of Shakti[note 1]
Day
Monday · Trayodashi
Festivals
Maha Shivaratri · Shravana · Kartik Purnima · Pradosha · Teej

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Shiva

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Shiva

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related to Attributes · 81
Shiva → According, As, Ashes, Axe, Bearer, Benares, Blue, Candraśekhara, Crescent, Deer, Desire, Drum, Ganesha, Ganesha's, Ganga, Gangadhara, Ganges, Gaṇa, Generally, Halahala
related to Ascetic and householder · 49
Shiva → As, Beginnings, Devi, Divine Mother, Durga, Epic, Ganesha, Hindu, His, India, Kali, Kamakshi, Karnataka, Kartikeya, Karttikeya, Kerala, Kumara, Lord, Mahā, Mahāyogi
related to Indonesia · 36
Shiva → Batara Guru, Batara Guru's, Bhairava, Dakshinamurti, Durga, Gurus, He, Hindu, However, In, In Indonesian Shaivism, Indian, Indian Shiva, Indonesian Hindu, Indonesian Hindus, Ismaya, Javanese, Kali, Kāla, Mahādeva
related to Shaivism · 27
Shiva → Absolute Reality, Advaita, All, Dvaita, Epics, Followers, He, Hinduism, Lingayatism, Nandi, Om, Puranas, Self, Shaiva, Shaivas, Shaivism, Shakti-related Tantra, Shaktism, Shiva-Parvati, Shiva-Rudra
related to Assimilation of traditions · 26
Shiva → According, An, Aryan, Bali, Hindu, Hinduism, How, India, Indian, Indonesia, Jejuri, Karttikeya, Khandoba, Khandoba's, Maharashtra, Nepal, Rudra, Sanskritization, Shiva-Rudra, Southeast Asia
related to Buddhism · 26
Shiva → Akanishta Devaloka, Bhasmeshvara Buddha, Bodhisattva, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist Tantras, Chinese Esoteric, In, In Mahayana Buddhism, In Mahayana Buddhist, In Theravada Buddhism, In Vajrayana Buddhism, Ishana, Kamadhatu, Mahabrahma, Mahakala, Maheshvara, Mahākāla, Prajña, Sakra Indra
related to Smarta tradition · 26
Shiva → Absolute, Ajmer, Atman, Brahma, Brahman, CE, Devi, Ganesha, Gupta Empire, Hinduism, In, Ishta Devata, Kushan Empire, Many Panchayatana, Nand, Panchayatana, Parvati, Philosophically, Self, Skanda
related to Development · 24
Shiva → AD, Atharvashiras Upanishad, Atman, BC, BCE, Brahman, Doris Srinivasan, Gavin Flood, German Indologist, Here Rudra-Shiva, Other, Paul Deussen, Robert Hume, Rudra, Rudra's, Rudra-Shiva, Selfs, Shaiva, Shaivite, Shvetashvatara Upanishad
related to Iconographic forms · 24
Shiva → Dakshinamurti, Dakshinamurti's, Dakṣiṇāmūrti, Dance, His, In, India, Indian, Kala-Mahakala, Lasya, Lord, Nartaka, Nataraja, Naṭarāja, Nityanarta, Parvati, Puranic, Sanskrit, Shiva Sahasranama, Tamil Nadu
related to Destroyer and Benefactor · 23
Shiva → According, Another, Anushasanaparvan, Bhairava, Chakravarti, Hara, In, In Yajurveda, Kramrisch, Kāla, Mahabharata, Mahākāla, Ram Karan Sharma, Rudra, Rudra-Śiva, Sanskrit, Sharma, Shiva Sahasranama, Shiva's, Stella Kramrisch

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ShivaAbodeKailasa1.00infobox
ShivaAbodeShmashana1.00infobox
ShivaAffiliationTrimurti1.00infobox
ShivaAffiliationIshvara1.00infobox
ShivaAffiliationParabrahman1.00infobox
ShivaAffiliationParamatman (Shaivism)1.00infobox
ShivaChildrenKartikeya (son) Ganesha (son) See list of others1.00infobox
ShivaChildrenKartikeya (son)1.00infobox
ShivaChildrenGanesha (son)1.00infobox
ShivaChildrenSee list of others1.00infobox
ShivaConsortSati, Parvati and other forms of Shakti[note 1]1.00infobox
ShivaDayMonday1.00infobox
ShivaDayTrayodashi1.00infobox
ShivaFestivalsMaha Shivaratri1.00infobox
ShivaFestivalsShravana1.00infobox
ShivaFestivalsKartik Purnima1.00infobox
ShivaFestivalsPradosha1.00infobox
ShivaFestivalsTeej1.00infobox
ShivaFestivalsBhairava Ashtami1.00infobox
ShivaMantraOm Namah Shivaya1.00infobox
ShivaMantraMahamrityunjaya Mantra1.00infobox
ShivaMountNandi1.00infobox
ShivaOther namesBhairava1.00infobox
ShivaOther namesMahadeva1.00infobox
ShivaOther namesMahakala1.00infobox
ShivaOther namesMaheśvara1.00infobox
ShivaOther namesPashupati1.00infobox
ShivaOther namesRudra1.00infobox
ShivaOther namesShambhu1.00infobox
ShivaOther namesShankara1.00infobox

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