Banteay Srei or Banteay Srey () is a 10th century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

According to the Puranas, Shakti worshipped Shiva in the form of a peacock, which is why the vernacular name Mylai () was given to the area that developed around the temple-mayil is Tamil for " peacock ".

Omkareshwar () is a Hindu temple dedicated to God Shiva.

Kashi Vishwanath Temple () is one of the most famous Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Shiva and is located in Varanasi, the Holiest existing Place of Hindus, where at least once in life a Hindu is expected to do pilgrimage, and if possible, also pour the remains ( ashes ) of cremated ancestors here on the River Ganges.

The Mandapeshwar Caves () is an 8th Century rock-cut shrine dedicated to Shiva located near Mount Poinsur in Borivali, a suburb of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India.

The word Shiva comes from the Hebrew word shi ’ vah, which literally means " seven ".

Chandra Shekara literally refers to the ' Person who wears the moon ' which links to Lord Shiva in Hindu Mythology.

Pleased with his resilience and devotion, Shiva gave to him the divine sword Chandrahas ( Chandra-Moon, Has-laugh, literally ' the laughter of the moon ' but referring to the shape formed by a crescent moon which resembles a smile ).

* Kaayakave Kailaasa literally means, Kaayaka or the body which exerts itself for nishkaama Karma – Karma without any expectation is nothing but Kailaasa – the abode of Shiva – heavenly.

Vishwanath ( also spelt Viswanath or Vishvanath ) is another name for the Hindu deity Shiva and literally means " Lord of the Universe ".

According to Venerable Tripitaka Master Bhikshu Shramana Hsuan Hua's " Shurangama Mantra Commentary " ( Buddhist Text Translation Society of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, 1981, Volume 1 ), the Shurangama Mantra mystically and literally includes all of the Buddha Dharma in its entirety, and its focus is on the Five Dhyana Buddhas ( Vairochana, Amitabha ), Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, and Amoghasiddhi, with stress on Vairochana and Ashobhya Buddhas ) and their retinues of Dharmapalas and wrathful deities in male and female forms, such as Vajrapani, wrathful Manjushri, Mahakala, Tara, Pandaravasini, Prakruti, Uchushma Fire Head Vajra, Brahma, Indra, Shiva as Rudra, Raudri-Umapati form of Vajrayogini, Narayana, Ganapati, various Dhakinis, Naga kings, Yaksha kings, Rakshasha kings, and many other Dharma Protectors of the Buddhist Pantheon and Vedic pantheon.

Shivaratri literally means the great night of Shiva or the night of Shiva.

The name Nilakanth is given to Lord Shiva, literally meaning " blue throat " after he swallowed the poison that resulted from the churning of the ocean, or " Throat chakra ".

From this portion of Shiva deposited into Anasuya, a child was born, who was named Durvasa ( literally, one who is difficult to live with ).

Shivalik literally means ' tresses of Shiva ’.

Another legend has that after performing the penance, the seven sages named the Saptarshis were blessed by Lord Shiva ; thereafter the sages were known as the Saptakoteshwar.

* Shiva ( Judaism ), the Jewish ritual of mourning for seven (" shiva ") days after the burial of an immediate relative

The Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi (" Goddess of Wealth ") Temple is an exception as it is dedicated to neither Vishnu nor Shiva.

The lingam ( also, linga, ling, Shiva linga, Shiv ling, Sanskrit ल ि ङ ् ग ं,, meaning " mark ", " sign ", " gender ", " phallus ", " inference " or " eternal procreative germ ") is a representation of the Hindu deity Shiva used for worship in temples.

He is also called Bhutesha (" Lord of spirits ") like Shiva.

Legend has it the vultures ( or " eagles ") represented eight sages who were punished by Shiva, with two of them leaving in each of a series of epochs.

In a story from the Shakta Maha-Bhagavata Purana, which narrates the creation of all the Mahavidyas, Sati, the daughter of Daksha and first wife of god Shiva, feels insulted that she and Shiva are not invited to Daksha's yagna (" fire sacrifice ") and insists on going there, despite Shiva's protests.

In a story from the Shakta Maha-Bhagavata Purana, which narrates the creation of all Mahavidyas including Chhinnamasta, Sati, the daughter of Daksha and the first wife of the god Shiva, feels insulted that she and Shiva are not invited to Daksha's yagna (" fire sacrifice ") and insists on going there, despite Shiva's protests.

Like the Balinese, they worship Ida Sang Hyang Widi Wasa ( Roughly " Big Almighty Lord ") for blessings in addition to other Hindu and Buddhist gods that include the Tri Murti, namely Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu and Buddha.

In Saivite traditions of Hinduism, the term is used as part of the compound " Maheshvara " (" great lord ") as a name for Shiva.

Rudraksha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the name Rudra (" Shiva ") and (" eyes ").

It is said that these teachers have realized their oneness with the Supreme God ( they call " Shiva ") and have merged as completely as humanly possible with this Divine source of all.

Mayon, residing with Isvaran ( another name for Shiva ) in Kailayam, escaped to undertake tavam ( tapas, meaning " austerity ") to receive permission from Isvaran to destroy Kroni.

The terrible god is called " The Archer ", and the bow is also an attribute of Shiva.

In India some intellectual references of the movement can be found in the works of Vandana Shiva, an ecologist and feminist, who in her book Biopiracy documents the way that the natural capital of indigenous peoples and ecoregions is converted into forms of intellectual capital, which are then recognized as exclusive commercial property without sharing the private utility thus derived.

At Angkor Wat and Bayon, Shiva is depicted as a bearded ascetic.

In addition to the Chicxulub Crater, there is the Boltysh crater in Ukraine, the Silverpit crater, a suspected impact crater in the North Sea, and the controversial and much larger Shiva crater.

The lake is sometimes referred to as " Pelden Lhamo Kalideva ", which indicates that Palden Lhamo is an emanation of the goddess Kali, the shakti of the Hindu God Shiva.

Contemporary Hindu eschatology is linked in the Vaishnavite tradition to the figure of Kalki, or the tenth and last avatar of Vishnu before the age draws to a close, and Shiva simultaneously dissolves and regenerates the universe.

In Hinduism, Sacred Feminine or Shaktism is one of the three major Hindu denominations of worship along with Vishnu and Shiva.

Shiva likewise pairs with Parvati who later is represented through a number of Avatars ( incarnations ): Sati and the warrior figures, Durga and Kali.

Smartism is also monistic, but does not single out one specific Indic deity but a pentad of gods-the " Panchayatana ", which includes Shiva, Vishnu, Surya, Devi, and Ganesha.

Though Hinduism is commonly represented by anthropomorphic religious images, aniconism is equally represented with such abstract symbols of God such as the Shiva linga and the saligrama.

In the Shaivite tradition, the Shri Rudram ( Sanskrit श ् र ि र ु द ् रम ्), to which the Chamakam ( चमकम ्) is added by scriptural tradition, is a Hindu stotra dedicated to Rudra ( an epithet of Shiva ), taken from the Yajurveda ( TS 4. 5, 4. 7 ).

The text is important in Vedanta where Shiva is equated to the Universal supreme God.

The final stage is Samādhi — Union with the All, it is considered to be the utmost level of awareness that one could possibly achieve, according to Hindu mythology, one of their main three deities, Shiva, had mastered this and thus was bestowed upon with stupendous power and control.

In particular the Shiva Sutras, an auxiliary text to the Ashtadhyayi, introduces what can be considered a list of the phonemes of the Sanskrit language, with a notational system for them that is used throughout the main text, which deals with matters of morphology, syntax and semantics.

Shiva is her transcendent masculine aspect, providing the divine ground of all being.

" There is no Shiva without Shakti, or Shakti without Shiva.

If the shloshim period has elapsed, Shiva is not observed.