Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shiva

2 senses of shiva

Sense 1
shiva, shivah, shibah -- ((Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva")
       => week, hebdomad -- (any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week")

Sense 2
Siva, Shiva -- (the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon)
       INSTANCE OF=> Hindu deity -- (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)