# Shiva (disambiguation)

Shiva or Shiv or Sivan or Shivan is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
Shiva, Sheeva, or Siva may also refer to:

## 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

## Places

* 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

## People

* 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

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Fictional entities

* 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

### Films

* 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

### Literature

* 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

### Television

* 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+

### Music

* "Siva" (song), by Smashing Pumpkins
* Shiva (British band), a British dance band featuring vocalist Louise Dean

## Computing

* SheevaPlug, a small form factor computer
* Shiva Corporation, a manufacturer of computer network products

## Science

* 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

## Other uses

* Shiva (horse) (born 1995), a Thoroughbred racehorse