Shiva (disambiguation)

Shiva may refer to:

Contents

1 Religion
2 Science
3 Computing
4 People
5 Arts
6 See also

Religion

Shiva, a major Hindu god
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
Shiva Smart Tunneling (SST), simplistic UDP-based VPN tunneling protocol
SheevaPlug, a small form factor computer
ShiVa, 3D game engine

People

Shiva (singer), a house music singer
Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire
Vandana Shiva, physicist, philosopher, ecofeminist, environmental activist, and writer

Arts

Film

Shiva (1989 film), a 1989 Telugu film by director Ram Gopal Varma
Shiva (2006 film), a Hindi film also by director Ram Gopal Varma
Shiva (2008 film), by siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz
Shiva (2011 film)

Literature

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

Video games

A summonable ice elemental in the Final Fantasy series
Sheeva, Mortal Kombat character
A character in the Streets of Rage video game series
Shiva, a major boss in the D&D 3.5 server Bonds of Blood of Neverwinter Nights.
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

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