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SHIVAIST

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Overview

SHIVAIST (noun)
  The noun SHIVAIST has 1 sense:

1. worshipper of Shivaplay

  Familiarity information: SHIVAIST used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SHIVAIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Worshipper of Shiva

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Shivaist" is a kind of...):

Hindoo; Hindu (a person who adheres to Hinduism)

Holonyms ("Shivaist" is a member of...):

Shivaism; Sivaism (a Hindu sect worshiping Shiva)

Derivation:

Shiva (the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon)

Shivaism (worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon)

Shivaism (a Hindu sect worshiping Shiva)


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