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ID: 901000021
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000021
Record Type: Character/Person

Shiva (Hindu deity)

Note: One of the main deities of Hinduism, whom Shaivites worship as the supreme god. Shiva is represented in a variety of forms: in a pacific mood with his consort Parvati and son Skanda, as the cosmic dancer (Nataraja), as a naked ascetic, as a mendicant beggar, as a yogi, as a Dalit (formerly called untouchable) accompanied by a dog (Bhairava), and as the androgynous union of Shiva and his consort in one body, half-male and half-female (Ardhanarishvara).

Display Date: origins date to 1700/1100 BCE

Names:
Shiva (Hindu deity) (preferred,German-P,D,N)
Shiva (Hindu deity) (English-P,D,N)
Shiva (Hindu deity) (Spanish-P,D,N)
Siva (Hindu deity) (English,U,N)
Siwa (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
शिव (Hindu deity) (Hindi,D,N)
शिव (Hindu deity) (Sanskrit,D,N)
Śiva (Hindu deity) (Italian,D,N)
Xiva (Hindu deity) (Catalan,D,N)
Sambhu (Hindu deity) (English,U,N)
湿婆 (Hindu deity) (Chinese,U,N)
シヴァ (Hindu deity) (Japanese,U,N)
Schiwa (Hindu deity) (German,U,N)
དབང་ཕྱུག (Hindu deity) (Tibetan,U,N)
சிவன் (Hindu deity) (Tamil,U,N)
Śivan (Hindu deity) (Tamil (transliterated),U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Shiva (Hindu deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Bhaironji
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Bhaironji (Hindu god)) [901001332]
associated with .... Nandi
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Nandi (Hindu character)) [901001898]
associated with .... Trimurti
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Trimurti (Hindu divine triad)) [901001290]
associated with .... Traipuruṣa
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Traipuruṣa (Brahminical divine triad)) [901002505]
associated with .... Daikoku
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Daikoku (Japanese deity)) [901002256]
consort/spouse of .... Parvati
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Parvati (Hindu deity)) [901001899]
consort/spouse of .... Shakti
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Shakti (Hindu deity)) [901000889]
consort/spouse of .... Uma
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Uma (Hindu deity)) [901001900]
consort/spouse of .... Maheshvari
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Maheshvari (Hindu deity)) [901000863]
consort/spouse of .... Sati
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Sati (Hindu deity)) [901001285]
parent of .... Skanda
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Skanda (Hindu deity)) [901001901]
has as manifestation .... Bhairava
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Bhairava (Hindu-Buddhist deity)) [901000892]
has as manifestation .... Nataraja
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Shiva (Hindu deity), Nataraja (Hindu deity)) [901002467]
has as manifestation .... Rudra
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Rudra (Hindu deity)) [901002121]

Other Relationships:
affiliated/associated with .... Hinduism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
originated in .... Bhārat
.....(Asia) (TGN)
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Shiva (Hindu deity)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 12H13(Shiva)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Parrinder, Dictionary of Non-Christian Religions (1971)
................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
................Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions [online] (2000)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Siva (Hindu deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) nb2017001158
................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Siwa (Hindu deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
शिव (Hindu deity)
................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Śiva (Hindu deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Xiva (Hindu deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Sambhu (Hindu deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
湿婆 (Hindu deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
................Wikipedia (2000-)
シヴァ (Hindu deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Schiwa (Hindu deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
དབང་ཕྱུག (Hindu deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
................Wikipedia (2000-)
சிவன் (Hindu deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Śivan (Hindu deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
................ Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions [online] (2000)
................ Kapoor, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Hinduism (2000)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85123049
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 12H13(SHIVA)
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39328
................ BMFA, Catalogue of the Indian Collections (1978-81) http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/shiva-watches-parvati-sleep-149080

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