śarwa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर्व (śarva)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sar.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Homophone: sarwa
  • Hyphenation: śar‧wa

Proper noun

śarwa

  1. the name of a manifestation of Rudra-Śiva in his fierce aspect, as a fierce deity who kills people with arrows; Śarva is considered in the Vedas, along with Paśupati, Bhava, and others, to be a name of Rudra

Derived terms

  • śarwarī

Further reading

  • "śarwa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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