Shiva

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Hindu deity member of the Trimurti principal deity in Hinduism

Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.

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All labels observed (34)

Label	Occurrences
Shiva canonical	664
Lord Shiva	173
Śiva	15
Shiva as Nataraja	3
Mahadev	2
Mahadeva (Shiva)	2
Nataraja	2
Pashupati	2
Rudra	2
Bhairava	1
Ishvara	1
Mahadev (Shiva)	1
Maheshvara	1
Mahākāla	1
Names of Shiva	1
Pati (Lord Shiva)	1
Shiva (Hindu deity)	1
Shiva (in some traditions)	1
Shiva (in-film depiction)	1
Shiva (via Maha Shivaratri)	1
Shiva and Parvati	1
Shiva as Kalantaka (destroyer of death)	1
Shiva as Kapaleeshwarar	1
Shiva as Konesar	1
Shiva as Omkareshwar	1
Shiva as Thayumanaswamy	1
Shiva as destroyer	1
Shiva as the drinker of poison	1
Shiva gangadhara (Ganga descent)	1
Shiva in the form of Nataraja	1
Shiva is Shakti’s consort	1
Vighneshvara	1
Vishwanath (form of Shiva)	1
shiva	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shiva
Context triple: [Hinduism, hasDeity, Shiva]

A. Vishnu
Vishnu is a principal Hindu god revered as the preserver and protector of the universe, often depicted with blue skin and four arms and associated with avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
B. Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
C. Krishna
Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
D. Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
E. Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate, all-pervading reality or absolute principle in Hindu philosophy, understood as the source and essence of everything that exists.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shiva
Target entity description: Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.

A. Vishnu
Vishnu is a principal Hindu god revered as the preserver and protector of the universe, often depicted with blue skin and four arms and associated with avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
B. Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
C. Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
D. Krishna
Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
E. Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate, all-pervading reality or absolute principle in Hindu philosophy, understood as the source and essence of everything that exists.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu deity ⓘ member of the Trimurti ⓘ principal deity in Hinduism ⓘ
abode	Mount Kailash ⓘ
associatedConcept	union of masculine and feminine principles ⓘ
associatedMyth	Samudra Manthan ⓘ
associatedWith	Aghori ascetics ⓘ Ganges River ⓘ linked to: Ganges Himalayas ⓘ Laya (dissolution) ⓘ Mount Kailash ⓘ Rudraksha beads ⓘ Shaivism ⓘ Tandava ⓘ asceticism ⓘ bhakti (devotion) ⓘ cosmic dance ⓘ creation ⓘ destruction ⓘ dissolution of the universe ⓘ five elements (Pancha Bhuta) ⓘ lingam worship ⓘ mantra Om Namah Shivaya ⓘ meditation ⓘ moksha ⓘ panchakshari mantra ⓘ smashana (cremation grounds) ⓘ time ⓘ transformation ⓘ vairagya (detachment) ⓘ yoga ⓘ
causeOfBlueThroat	drinking halahala poison ⓘ
consort	Parvati ⓘ linked to: Devi
cosmicForm	Nataraja ⓘ linked to: Nataraja sculptures
cosmicFunction	dissolution of creation at the end of a cycle ⓘ regulation of cosmic cycles ⓘ
danceType	Tandava ⓘ
epithet	Bholenath ⓘ Mahadeva ⓘ linked to: Shankara Mahakala ⓘ Maheshvara ⓘ linked to: Shiva Nataraja ⓘ linked to: Shiva Neelkanth ⓘ Pashupati ⓘ linked to: Shiva Rudra ⓘ linked to: Shiva Shankara ⓘ
fatherOf	Ganesha ⓘ Kartikeya ⓘ Murugan ⓘ Skanda ⓘ linked to: Kartikeya
hasAspect	Ardhanarishvara ⓘ Bhairava ⓘ linked to: Shiva
iconographicFeature	blue throat ⓘ
majorFestival	Maha Shivaratri ⓘ Shravan month observances ⓘ
mantra	Om Namah Shivaya ⓘ
meaningOfName	the auspicious one ⓘ
memberOf	Trimurti ⓘ
mount	Nandi ⓘ
nameInSanskrit	Śiva ⓘ linked to: Shiva
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
roleInTrimurti	destroyer ⓘ transformer ⓘ
spouse	Parvati ⓘ linked to: Devi
symbol	Ganga flowing from hair ⓘ ash-smeared body ⓘ crescent moon ⓘ lingam ⓘ matted hair ⓘ third eye ⓘ tiger skin garment ⓘ
vehicle	Nandi ⓘ
weapon	damaru ⓘ trishula ⓘ
worshipPlace	Amarnath Cave Temple ⓘ Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ Kedarnath Temple ⓘ Somnath Temple ⓘ Twelve Jyotirlingas ⓘ linked to: Trimbakeshwar
worshipTradition	Shaivism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (890)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinduism → hasDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Smartism → recognizesDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Smartism → panchayatanaPujaIncludes → Shiva ⓘ

Vandana Shiva → familyName → Shiva ⓘ

Rigveda → dedicatedToDeity → Rudra ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Brahma → associatedWith → Shiva ⓘ

Brahma → contrastedWith → Shiva as destroyer ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Rameswaram → associatedWithDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Ramayana → featuresDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Vishnu → associatedWith → Shiva ⓘ

Shiva → nameInSanskrit → Śiva ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Shiva → epithet → Maheshvara ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Shiva → epithet → Rudra ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Shiva → epithet → Nataraja ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Shiva → epithet → Pashupati ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Shiva → hasAspect → Bhairava ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Ganesha → parent → Shiva ⓘ

Ganesha → family → Shiva ⓘ

Shaivism → centralDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Shaivism → worshipsAsSupremeBeing → Shiva ⓘ

Shaivism → venerates → Shiva ⓘ

Shaktism → viewOfShiva → Shiva is Shakti’s consort ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Mahadev Desai → givenName → Mahadev ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Prambanan Temple → dedicatedTo → Shiva ⓘ

Prambanan Temple → mainDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Kali → spouse → Shiva ⓘ

Kali → standsOn → Shiva ⓘ

Kashi → consideredAbodeOf → Shiva ⓘ

Kashi → hasDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Kumbh Mela → associatedWithDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Kartikeya → parent → Shiva ⓘ

Trimbakeshwar → hasMainDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Teej → associatedWithDeity → Lord Shiva ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Omkareshwar Ghat → associatedWithDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Gangaur → associatedDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Kumbhalgarh Fort → notableTempleDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Kingdom of Kashi → associatedWithDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Kashi Vishwanath Temple → dedicatedTo → Lord Shiva ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Kashi Vishwanath Temple → primaryDeityIsFormOf → Shiva ⓘ

Bharatanatyam → associatedWithDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Bharatanatyam → associatedWithDeity → Nataraja ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Swami Rock → associatedWithDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Kapaleeshwarar Temple → dedicatedTo → Shiva ⓘ

Kapaleeshwarar Temple → primaryDeityForm → Shiva as Kapaleeshwarar ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Koneswaram Temple → dedicatedTo → Lord Shiva ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Koneswaram Temple → hasDeity → Shiva as Konesar ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Somnath Temple → dedicatedTo → Lord Shiva ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

Somnath Temple → primaryDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Lake Manasarovar region → associatedWithDeity → Shiva ⓘ

Narali Purnima → associatedDeity → Lord Shiva ⓘ

linked to: Shiva

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