Who is Shiva?

Ankit Mishra
2 min readJul 19, 2023
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Shiva is neither the God of death nor destruction but an element of resurrection. Shiva — originates from Sanskrit word Shaiva which means “The Pure”, and for us humans the purest form known is the Death because at that very moment you are neither here nor there, neither in attachment nor separation, neither this nor that, and neither body nor intellect.

This very notion resulted in the misconception of understanding Shiva as the God of…

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Ankit Mishra

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