SIVA

In Hindoo Mythology, a title given to the Supreme Being, considered in the character of the avenger or destroyer. Sir William Jones has compared Siva to Jupiter; but he appears to share many of the attributes of Pluto. Under the name of Mahadeva, he is exhibited also as a type of reproduction: to destroy, 1121 SKEW BRIDGE. according to the Vedantas of India, the Sufis of Persia, and even to many European schools of philosophy, being only to generate or reproduce under another form. See Vishnu, Brama. [s. 1134]