शिव

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • (Hinduism) Shiva the destroying and reproducing deity, third god of the Hindu trinity
  • a second Shiva; especially emancipated; a class of such Brahmans
  • (in the dual) Shiva and his wife

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (lie down, settle, love, home, set in motion, family, beloved, put, store, lie with, be lying down, lie, be familiar, sharpen, camp, be on the move), *ḱew-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱew-

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