Brewer's: Siva

(Indian). The destroyer who, with Brahma and Vishnu, forms the divine trinity of the Brahmins. He has five heads, and is the emblem of fire. His wife is Parvati or Parbutta (Sanscrit, auspicious).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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