All 5 Uses

shiva
in
The Color of Water
(Edited)

They said kaddish and sat shiva.
Chpt 1

shiva = Jewish tradition: a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
They buried him before sundown that day and we sat shiva for him.
Chpt 3 *
We sat shiva for you.
Chpt 21
Saying kaddish and sitting shiva, that absolves them of any responsibility for you.
Chpt 23
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.
Chpt 25 *

Definitions:

(1) (Shiva as in: Shiva's third eye)
important Hindu god worshipped as the destroyer (or transformer who destroys in order to re-create)
(2) (shiva as in: sitting shiva)
Jewish tradition: a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)