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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Shiva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21) |
 | | Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, and written Śiva in the official IAST transliteration) is a form of Ishvara or God in the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism. |
 | | A slightly different version is told in the Shiva Purana: in the Śiva Purana, Śiva promises Brahma that an aspect of his, Rudra, will be born and this aspect is identical to Him. |
 | | Shiva occupies an exalted, supreme position in Hinduism, making the case that Hinduism is not an Aryan religion, but a synthesis of Aryan, Dravidian and other influences. |
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