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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Sĭ'va, n.

noun

n. [Skr. Civa, properly happiness, final bliss, happy.] (Hindoo Myth.) The Supreme Being, in the character of the avenger or destroyer.

A seated, multi-armed figure of Siva holds a trident and other objects.
Siva (from Eschenburg).