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[श्यति पापं शो-वन् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied]

1. Auspicious, propitious, lucky; इयं शिवाया नियतेरिवायतिः Ki.4.21;1.38; R.11.33.
2. In good health or condition, happy, prosperous, fortunate; तीर्थेन मूर्ध्न्यधिकृतेन शिवः शिवोऽभूत् Bhāg. 3.28.22; शिवानि वस्तीर्थजलानि कच्चित् R.5.8. (Equivalent to अनुपप्लवानि, 'undisturbed'); शिवास्ते पन्थानः सन्तु 'a happy journey to you', 'God bless (or speed) you on your journey'.

1. Inauspicious, causing or threatening mischief; अशिवा दिशि दीप्तायां शिवास्तत्र भयावहाः (रुरुवुः) Rām.
2. Unlucky, unfortunate.
3. Unkind, unfriendly, envious.
4. Pernicious, dangerous.

1. mf(/आ)neuter gender (according to Un2. i, 153, from √1. शी, "in whom all things lie"; perhaps connected with √श्वि confer, compare शवस्, शिश्वि) auspicious, propitious, gracious, favourable, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly, dear (717497 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedव्/अम् indeclinable kindly, tenderly) fg-veda etc.
2. mf(/आ)neuter gender happy, fortunate BhP.
3. masculine gender happiness, welfare (confer, compare neuter gender) R. v, 56, 36
4. masculine gender liberation, final emancipation Lexicographers
5. masculine gender "The Auspicious one", Name of the disintegrating or destroying and reproducing deity (who constitutes the third god of the Hindu1 Hindu Trimu1rti त्रिमूर्ति or Triad, the other two being Brahma1 ब्रह्मा "the creator" and Vishn2u विष्णु "the preserver"; in the Veda वेद the only Name of the destroying deity was Rudra रुद्र "the terrible god", but in later times it became usual to give that god the euphemistic Name S3iva शिव "the auspicious" [just as the Furies were called Εὐμενίδες "the gracious ones"], and to assign him the office of creation and reproduction as well as dissolution; in fact the preferential worship of S3iva शिव as developed in the Pura1n2as पुराण s and Epic poems led to his being identified with the Supreme Being by his exclusive worshippers [called S3aivas शैव s]; in his character of destroyer he is sometimes called Ka1la काल "black", and is then also identified with "Time", although his active destroying function is then oftener assigned to his wife under her name Ka1li1 काली, whose formidable character makes her a general object of propitiation by sacrifices; as presiding over reproduction consequent on destruction S3iva शिव 's symbol is the Lin3ga लिङ्ग [quod vide] or Phallus, under which form he is worshipped all over India at the present day; again one of his representations is as Ardha-na1ri1 अर्ध-नारी, "half-female", the other half being male to symbolize the unity of the generative principle [RTL. 85]; he has three eyes, one of which is in his forehead, and which are thought to denote his view of the three divisions of time, past, present, and future, while a moon's crescent, a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) the central eye, marks the measure of time by months, a serpent round his neck the measure by years, and a second necklace of skulls with other serpents about his person, the perpetual revolution of ages, and the successive extinction and generation of the races of mankind: his hair is thickly matted together, and gathered a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) his forehead into a coil; on the top of it he bears the Ganges, the rush of which in its descent from heaven he intercepted by his head that the earth might not be crushed by the weight of the falling stream; his throat is dark-blue from the stain of the deadly poison which would have destroyed the world had it not been swallowed by him on its production at the churning of the ocean by the gods for the nectar of immortality; he holds a त्रि-शूल, or three-pronged trident [also called Pina1ka पिनाक] in his hand to denote, as some think, his combination of the three attributes of Creator, Destroyer, and Regenerator; he also carries a kind of drum, shaped like an hour-glass, called D2amaru डमरु : his attendants or servants are called Pramatha प्रमथ [quod vide]; they are regarded as demons or supernatural beings of different kinds, and form various hosts or troops called Gan2as गण s; his wife Durga1 दुर्गा [otherwise called Ka1li1 काली, Pa1rvati1 पार्वती, Uma1 उमा, Gauri1 गौरी, Bhava1n2i1 भवाणी etc.] is the chief object of worship with the S3a1ktas शाक्त s and Ta1ntrikas तान्त्रिक s, and in this connection he is fond of dancing [see ताण्डव] and wine-drinking Page1074,2; he is also worshipped as a great ascetic and is said to have scorched the god of love (Ka1ma-deva काम-देव) to ashes by a glance from his central eye, that deity having attempted to inflame him with passion for Pa1rvati1 पार्वती whilst he was engaged in severe penance; in the exercise of his function of Universal Destroyer he is fabled to have burnt up the Universe and all the gods, including Brahma1 ब्रह्मा and Vishn2u विष्णु, by a similar scorching glance, and to have rubbed the resulting ashes upon his body, whence the use of ashes in his worship, while the use of the Rudra7ksha रुद्रा*क्ष berries originated, it is said, from the legend that S3iva शिव, on his way to destroy the three cities, called Tri-pura त्रि-पुर, let fall some tears of rage which became converted into these beads: his residence or heaven is Kaila1sa कैलास, one of the loftiest northern peaks of the Hima7laya हिमा*लय; he has strictly no incarnations like those of Vishn2u विष्णु, though Vi1ra-bhadra वीर-भद्र and the eight Bhairavas भैरव s and Khan2d2o-ba1 खण्डोबा etc. [RTL. 266] are sometimes regarded as forms of him; he is especially worshipped at Benares and has even more names than Vishn2u विष्णु, one thousand and eight being specified in the 69th chapter of the S3iva-Pura1n2a शिव-पुराण and in the 17th chapter of the Anus3a1sana-parvan अनुशासन-पर्वन् of the Maha1-bha1rata महा-भारत, some of the most common being Maha1-deva महा-देव, S3ambhu शम्भु, S3am2kara शंकर, I1s3a ईश, I1s3vara ईश्वर, Mahe7s3vara महे*श्वर, Hara हर; his sons are Gan2e7s3a गणे*श and Ka1rttikeya कार्त्तिकेय) A1s3vS3r. MBh. Ka1v. etc. RTL. 73
6. masculine gender a kind of second S3iva शिव (with S3aivas शैव s), a person who has attained a particular stage of perfection or emancipation MBh. Sarvad.
7. masculine gender शिव-लिङ्ग Lexicographers
8. masculine gender any god Lexicographers
9. masculine gender a euphemistic Name of a jackal (generally शिवा feminine quod vide)
10. masculine gender sacred writings Lexicographers
11. masculine gender (in astronomy) Name of the sixth month
12. masculine gender a post for cows (to which they are tied or for them to rub against) Lexicographers
13. masculine gender bdellium Lexicographers
14. masculine gender the fragrant bark of Feronia Elephantum Lexicographers
15. masculine gender Marsilia Dentata Lexicographers
16. masculine gender a kind of thorn-apple or Equivalent to पुण्डरीक (the tree) Lexicographers
17. masculine gender quicksilver Lexicographers (confer, compare शिव-बीज)
18. masculine gender a particular auspicious constellation Lexicographers
19. masculine gender a demon who inflicts diseases Hariv.
20. masculine gender Equivalent to शुक्र masculine gender काल masculine gender वसु masculine gender Lexicographers
21. masculine gender the swift antelope Lexicographers
22. masculine gender rum, spirit distilled from molasses Lexicographers
23. masculine gender buttermilk Lexicographers
24. masculine gender a ruby Lexicographers
25. masculine gender a peg Lexicographers
26. masculine gender time Lexicographers
27. masculine gender Name of a son of Medha7tithi मेधा*तिथि Ma1rkP.
28. masculine gender of a son of Idhma-jihva इध्म-जिह्व BhP.
29. masculine gender of a prince and various authors (also with दीक्षित, भट्ट, पण्डित, यज्वन्, सूरि etc.) catalogue or catalogues
30. masculine gender of a fraudulent person Katha1s.
31. masculine gender (dual number) the god S3iva शिव and his wife Kir. v, 40 Pracan2d2. i, 20 (confer, compare Va1m. v, 2, 1)
32. masculine gender plural Name of a class of gods in the third Manvantara मन्वन्तर Pur.
33. masculine gender of a class of Bra1hmans Brahmans who have attained a particular degree of perfection like that of S3iva शिव MBh.
34. neuter gender welfare, prosperity, bliss (आय, /एन or /एभिस्, "auspiciously, fortunately, happily, luckily"; शिवाय गम्यताम्, "a prosperous journey to you!") fg-veda etc.
35. neuter gender final emancipation Lexicographers
36. neuter gender water Lexicographers
37. neuter gender rock-salt Lexicographers
38. neuter gender sea-salt Lexicographers
39. neuter gender a kind of borax Lexicographers
40. neuter gender iron Lexicographers
41. neuter gender myrobalan Lexicographers
42. neuter gender Tabernaemontana Coronaria Lexicographers
43. neuter gender sandal Lexicographers
44. neuter gender Name of a Pura1n2a पुराण (Equivalent to शिव-पुराण or शैव) catalogue or catalogues
45. neuter gender of the house in which the Pa1n2d2avas पाण्डव s were to be burnt Ma1rkP.
46. neuter gender of a Varsha वर्ष in Plaksha-dvi1pa प्लक्ष-द्वीप and in Jambu-dvi1pa जम्बु-द्वीप Pur.

1. mf(आ)neuter gender unkind, envious, pernicious, dangerous fg-veda AV. MBh. etc.
2. masculine gender Name of a demon causing disease Hariv. 9560
3. neuter gender ill-luck fg-veda i, 116, 24; x, 23, 5 MBh. etc.