Shiva (disambiguation)

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 (born 1993), British dancer

Fictional entities

 * Atom Shiva, an Image Comics character
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 (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