Shiva

Person · Open Library

Born

1952

Works

166

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

India

Active from

1952-11-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

105,388

Total plays

8,799,177

1 - A heavy metal/progressive band. Though signed to the classic Heavy Metal label during the height of the NWOBHM, Shiva had little in common with many of their contemporaries, opting for a melodic style influenced a bit by progressive rock rather than the rough style of the era. Firedance was an interesting album, but a bit lost in time, and possibly because of this, they were unable to survive, breaking up in the summer of 1983 and then reuniting for one final show in 1986. <a href="https://w

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The Sequence of the Human Genome

   · 2001 · cited 10,178x

2. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 7,742x

3. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

   · 2017 · cited 6,091x

4. The economic implications of corporate financial reporting

   · 2005 · cited 5,303x

5. Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

   · 2017 · cited 3,688x

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Quotes

• “The faithful of Shiva or Dionysus seek contact with those forces which...lead to a refusal of the politics, ambitions and limitations of ordinary social life. This does not involve simply a recognition of world harmony, but also an active participation in an experience which surpasses and upsets the order of material life.”
• “All the multiverses are trying to merge, to create a true universe such as we have only imagined previously. Maybe it will be spiritual, like Zen or telepathy, or maybe it will be physical, one great big gang-fuck, but it has to happen: the creation of a universe and the one great eye opening to see itself at last. Aum Shiva! — Oh, man, you're stoned out of your gourd. You're writing gibberish.”
• “He comes from Kilas, earth and sky,Bright before the deity;The sun shines, as he shone when firstHis glory over ocean burst.The vales put forth a thousand flowers,Mingling the spring and summer hours;The Suras fill with songs the air.The Genii and their lutes are there;By gladness stirred, the mighty seaFlings up its waves rejoicingly;And Music wanders o'er its tide,For Siva comes to meet his bride.”
• “Shiva and Shakti are the two names given to the monistic Absolute (Paramasiva) when it is being considered in its dual aspects of eternal and transcendent changelessness (Shiva), and the ever-changing and immanent manifestation of universal appearances (Shakti).”
• “I am Shakti, as well as Shiva. I am everything male and female, light and dark, flesh and spirit. Perfectly balanced in one single moment lasting an eternity...”
• “Perform Vishnu smaranam in Shiva temples and Shiva smaranam in Vishnu temples. Without fail, all those who have gathered here today remember these. The world is full of troubles.”

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Wikidata facts

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Shiva at Adra Machan Visilu Press Meet.jpg

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