Shiva (disambiguation)

Last updated February 15, 2025

Shiva or Shiv or Sivan or Shivan is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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+

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