shiva

English Thesaurus

1. the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	hindu deity,
definition	:	a deity worshipped by the Hindus (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	bairava,
definition	:	epithet of Siva (noun.person)

member meronym	:	trimurti,
definition	:	the triad of divinities of later Hinduism (noun.group)

2. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative (noun.time)

hypernym	:	hebdomad, week,
definition	:	any period of seven consecutive days (noun.time)

domain category	:	judaism,
definition	:	the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud (noun.cognition)

3. the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon (noun.person)

derivation	:	shivaist,
definition	:	worshipper of Shiva (noun.person)

derivation	:	shivaist,
definition	:	worshipper of Shiva (noun.person)