Shiva (disambiguation)

Shiva is a major Hindu god.

Shiva may refer to:

Religion

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

Science

• Shiva laser, built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the late 1970s
• Shiva Star, a high-powered plasma weapon research project
• Shiva crater, an apparent impact crater in the Indian Ocean, possibly associated with the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event; unrelated to the
• Shiva Hypothesis, scientific theory concerning impact events
• Shiva, a strain of Cannabis sativa subsp. indica

Computing

• Shiva Corporation, a manufacturer of computer network products
• SheevaPlug, a small form factor computer
• ShiVa, 3D game engine

People

• Shiva (singer) (1971–1995), house music singer
• Shivaji (1630–1680), founder of the Maratha Empire
• Vandana Shiva, physicist, philosopher, ecofeminist (born 1952), environmental activist, and writer
• Shiva (actor), a Tamil actor

Places

• Shiva, Iran, a village in Gilan Province, Iran

Arts

Film

• Siva (1989 Tamil film), a Tamil film starring Rajinikanth released in 1989
• Siva (1989 Telugu film), a 1989 Telugu 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, consisting of The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas and The Oath of the Vayuputras
• A fictitious strain of Ebola virus from the novel Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
• Shiva (Marvel Comics), a computer program that spawns robots to destroy Weapon X experiment subjects
• Lady Shiva, a DC Comics character
• Kaiyanwang, a.k.a. Shiva, a fictional character from 3×3 Eyes

Television and video

• Neosapien General Shiva from the cartoon TV series Exosquad
• Shiva, the ultimate villain in the anime Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato
• The Shiva, the award given to the league winners on The League
• Shiva, an episode of the tenth season of NCIS.

Video games

• Shiva, a summonable ice elemental in the Final Fantasy franchise
• Sheeva, Mortal Kombat character
• A character in the Streets of Rage video game series
• Shiva's Guard, a powerful artifact in the Warcraft III game Defense of the Ancients
• Shivans are the main antagonistic race in the Freespace series

See also

• Siva (disambiguation)
• Siwa (disambiguation)
• Sieve
• Shiv (disambiguation)
• Shiver
• Yeshiva