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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Skr.

Civa

, properly, kind, gracious.]

(Hindoo Myth.)

One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.

See also: siva, Siva, Śiva, and Šiva

Sîva

Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3