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 Ayyadurai (born 1963), Indian-born American scientist and entrepreneur
- Shiva Raichandani (b. 1993), Indonesian dancer
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 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
Films
- Siva (1989 Tamil film), a film starring Rajinikanth
- Siva (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
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 (TV series), an Indian animated action television series currently airing on Nickelodeon Sonic and Nick HD+
Music
- "Siva" (song), by Smashing Pumpkins
- Shiva, a British dance band featuring vocalist Louise Dean
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
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