the destroyer, one of the three chief divinities of the later Hindu pantheon, the other two being Brahma and Vishnu. Siva is also the god presiding over personal destinies
Word origin
from Sanskrit Śiva, literally: the auspicious (one)
Siva in American English
(ˈsivə; ˈʃivə)
noun
Hindu god of destruction and reproduction, a member of the supreme Hindu trinity