Shiva or Shiv or Sivan or Shivan is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

Shiva, Sheeva, or Siva may also refer to:

Religion

  • Shiva (Judaism), the Jewish ritual of mourning for seven ("shiva") days after the burial of an immediate relative
  • Shiva, the supreme soul of Brahma Kumaris religion
  • Shivā (ending with long 'a'), another name of Parvati, Shiva's consort

Places

  • Shiva, Iran, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
  • Shiva crater, an apparent impact crater in the Indian Ocean, possibly associated with the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event
  • Shiva Temple (Grand Canyon), a summit in Arizona, US

People

  • Shiva (actor) (born 1983), Tamil actor
  • Shiva (rapper) (born 1999), Italian rapper
  • Vandana Shiva (born 1952), physicist, philosopher, ecofeminist, environmental activist, and writer
  • Cosma Shiva Hagen (born 1981), German actress
  • Shiva Ahmadi (born 1975), Iranian-born American visual artist
  • Shiva Amini (born 1988 or 1989), women's futsal player
  • Shiva Ayyadurai (born 1963), Indian-born American scientist and entrepreneur
  • Shiva Raichandani (born 1993), British dancer
  • Shiva Rose (born 1969), American actress

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Shiva (Āstraverse), main protagonist of an Indian film franchise, portrayed by Ranbir Kapoor
  • Sheeva, a Mortal Kombat character
  • Shiva (Final Fantasy), a summonable ice elemental in the Final Fantasy franchise
  • Shiva (Streets of Rage character), a character in the Streets of Rage video game series
  • Shiva, a fictitious strain of Ebola virus from Tom Clancy's novel Rainbow Six
  • Shiva, a Bengal tiger cared for and befriended by King Ezekiel in The Walking Dead franchise
  • Shivans, the main antagonistic race in the Freespace series
  • Lady Shiva, a DC Comics character
  • Neosapien General Shiva, a character from the cartoon TV series Exosquad
  • Shiva (Marvel Comics), a robotic Weapon X enforcer in Marvel Comics
  • The Shiva, the award given to the league winners on the television series The League
  • Shiva, the main character of Japanese manga series The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún

Films

  • Siva (1989 Tamil film), a film starring Rajinikanth
  • Shiva (1989 Telugu film), a film by director Ram Gopal Varma
  • Shiva (1990 film), a remake of the Telugu film in Hindi by director Ram Gopal Varma
  • Shiva (2006 film), another Hindi remake by Ram Gopal Varma
  • Shiva (2008 film), by siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz
  • Shiva (2012 film), a Kannada film starring Shivrajkumar
  • Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva, a 2022 Indian fantasy film, first in the Āstraverse

Literature

  • Shiva trilogy, by Amish Tripathi, comprises: The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, and The Oath of the Vayuputras
  • Shiva, a book by A. B. Yehoshua

Television

  • Shiva (Fear the Walking Dead), season 2, episode 7 – and the midseason finale episode of – Fear the Walking Dead
  • "Shiva" (NCIS), a season 10 episode of NCIS
  • Shiva (Marathi TV series), an Indian Marathi language television series aired on Zee Marathi.

Music

  • "Siva" (song), by Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Shiva", a song by JID and EarthGang from Spilligion
  • Shiva (British band), a British dance band featuring vocalist Louise Dean
  • "(Shiva)", an instrumental by Kasabian from the album 48:13

Computing

  • SheevaPlug, a small form factor computer
  • Shiva Corporation, a manufacturer of computer network products

Science

  • Shiva Hypothesis, scientific theory concerning impact events
  • Shiva laser, built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the late 1970s
  • Shiva Star, a high-powered plasma weapon research

Other uses

  • Shiva (horse) (born 1995), a Thoroughbred racehorse

See also

  • Siva (disambiguation)
  • Shiv (disambiguation)
  • Shivam (disambiguation)
  • Sivan (disambiguation)
  • Shiwa (disambiguation)
  • Siwa (disambiguation)
  • Shiba (disambiguation)
  • Shib (disambiguation)
  • Shiver (disambiguation)
  • Sieve (disambiguation)
  • Shivaji (disambiguation) (1630–1680), Indian king, founder of the Maratha Empire
  • 1170 Siva, an asteroid
  • Yeshiva, Jewish schools for religious study