Sample Sentences for
shiva
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(editor-reviewed)

Shiva as in:  Shiva's third eye

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It is a Hindu sect that worships Shiva.
Shiva = important Hindu god worshipped as the destroyer (or transformer who destroys in order to re-create)
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    Shiva's third eye represents wisdom and insight.
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    They buried him before sundown that day and we sat shiva for him.  (source)
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    In our three and a half years together, I have given Bud a new trilogy to contemplate: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.  (source)
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    All things made he—Shiva the Preserver.  (source)
    Shiva = Hindu god who creates, maintains, & destroys/transforms
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    Such was the lesson of all the great gods ....from Osiris, to Tammuz, to Jesus, to Shiva, to the Buddha himself.  (source)
    Shiva = important Hindu god worshipped as the destroyer (or transformer who destroys in order to re-create)
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    On the television set is a brass statue of Shiva as Nataraja, the cosmic lord of the dance, who controls the motions of the universe and the flow of time.  (source)
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    Even though we buried her and sat shiva, none of it feels real.†  (source)
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    Afterward, the candles were lit, cushions were spread through the house, and I sat shiva for a week.†  (source)
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    According to Shiva, life is in the end about fixing holes.†  (source)
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    "Shiva passes," said a monk, eyes wide with fear.†  (source)
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    Go to the desert or tundra and wait for the visionary flash of light, the critical mass that will call down the Hindu heavens, Kali and Shiva and all the grimacing lesser gods.†  (source)
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    Phaedrus wrote a letter from India about a pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailas, the source of the Ganges and the abode of Shiva, high in the Himalayas, in the company of a holy man and his adherents.†  (source)
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    Enchantress of the almighty Shiva, in thy delirious joy thou dancest, clapping thy hands together.†  (source)
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shiva as in:  sitting shiva

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The family is sitting shiva.
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    Saying kaddish and sitting shiva, that absolves them of any responsibility for you.  (source)
    shiva = Jewish tradition: a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
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    Our father was a sacred bull of Shiva.  (source)
    Shiva = Hindu god who creates, maintains, & destroys/transforms
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    I can't describe what a shock it was to hear words like "Tateh" and "rov" and "shiva" and "Bubeh" coming from Mommy's mouth as she sat at the kitchen table in her Ewing home.  (source)
    shiva = Jewish tradition: a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
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    They said kaddish and sat shiva.  (source)
    shiva = Jewish tradition: a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
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    We sat shiva for you.  (source)
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