Siva or Shiva /sēˈvə or sivˈə, shēˈvə or shivˈə/ noun The third god of the Hindu triad, destroyer and reproducer ORIGIN: Sans śiva friendly, gracious Siˈvaism or Shiˈvaism noun Sivaistˈic or Shivaistˈic adjective Siˈvaite or Shiˈvaite noun Sivapithēˈcus (or /-pithˈ/) noun An Indian Miocene fossil anthropoid Sivathēˈrium noun A gigantic giraffe-like Indian Pliocene fossil animal |