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Siva
Siva may refer to: Film and television * Siva (director), Indian cinematographer and director * ''Siva'' (1989 Tamil film), a film starring Rajinikanth as the title character * ''Siva'' (1989 Telugu film), an action film Music and dance * "Siva" (song), a song by the Smashing Pumpkins *Siva Samoa, a type of Samoan dance often performed at weddings Companies *Siva Power, a Californian solar power startup Science * Siva (protein), a pro-apoptotic signaling protein *Siva (rebreather), an oxygen rebreather *''Siva'', the monotypic bird genus of the blue-winged minla People with the name *Peyton Siva (born 1990), American basketball player * Siva Chinnatamby (c.1921/3 - 2000), Sri Lankan obstetrician *Siva Kaneswaran, member of boy band The Wanted Other uses *Siva (river), a tributary of the Kama in Russia * Siva (rural locality), a list of rural localities in Russia *1170 Siva, an asteroid named after the Hindu god *Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, a public university in Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (1989 Telugu Film)
''Siva'' (also spelt ''Shiva'') is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language crime action film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma in his directorial debut. Produced by Akkineni Venkat and Yarlagadda Surendra under their banners of Annapurna Studios and SS Creations, ''Siva'' stars Nagarjuna, Amala, and Raghuvaran. The film's basic plot, adapted from ''The Way of the Dragon'' (1972), revolves around the conflict between college student-turned-gangster Siva and Bhavani, a reputed crime boss mentored by the politician Machiraju. ''Siva'' explores the concepts of student exploitation by anti-social elements and the impact of crowd psychology. Varma's script was based on his experiences as a student at Siddhartha Engineering College in Vijayawada. Tanikella Bharani wrote the dialogue. Ilaiyaraaja composed ''Siva'' soundtrack and score, and S. Gopala Reddy was its cinematographer. Thota Tharani and Sattibabu were the film's art director and editor, respectively. It's principal photogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peyton Siva
Peyton Robert Siva Jr. (born October 24, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Louisville, leading the school to two Final Fours including a national championship his senior season. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons, who selected him with the 56th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. Early life and education Siva is of Samoan descent and grew up in a troubled Seattle neighborhood. His mother worked three jobs to try to support the family. His father was mostly absent, struggling with drug and alcohol addiction throughout Siva's childhood. The younger Siva successfully talked his father out of killing himself. Siva, determined to escape the fate of other family members, plunged himself into sports. When he first tried out for youth football, he was too light to play, but managed to make weight. He soon developed a reputation as a relentlessly aggressive athlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. Shiva is known as "The Destroyer" within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu. In the Shaivite tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects and transforms the universe. In the goddess-oriented Shakta tradition, the Supreme Goddess ( Devi) is regarded as the energy and creative power (Shakti) and the equal complementary partner of Shiva. Shiva is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. Shiva has many aspects, benevolent as well as fearsome. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash as well as a householder with his wife Parvati and his three children, Ganesha, Kartikeya and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva Power
Siva Power, Inc. is an American solar power company that developed thin-film technology. The company designed and manufactured copper indium gallium deselenide (CIGS) photovoltaics. Siva Power is based in San Jose, California. Bruce Sohn is CEO and Mark Heising is Chairman. History The company was founded in 2006 as Solexant (one of the founders was Paul Alivisatos) and was developing cadmium telluride (CdTe) technology to create solar panels. After the Chinese began dumping silicon solar panels and the American thin-film market worsened, the company decided to pivot and in 2011 hired Brad Mattson to take Solexant in a new direction, which he restarted in 2012. Mattson put the company into stealth mode and ramped up the R&D budget to find a different technology and process for manufacturing solar modules. In 2013 the company reemerged as Siva Power, developing CIGS photovoltaic technology. As of June 24, 2022 the website is no longer active, and is shown as expiring on August 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1170 Siva
1170 Siva, provisional designation , is a stony Phocaea asteroid and large Mars-crosser from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 September 1930, by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at Uccle Observatory in Belgium, and later named after the Hindu deity Shiva. Orbit and classification ''Siva'' is a Mars-crossing asteroid, as it crosses the orbit of Mars at 1.666 AU. It is also a member of the Phocaea family (). It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.6–3.0 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,296 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.30 and an inclination of 22 ° with respect to the ecliptic. ''Siva'' was first observed at the Japanese Kwasan Observatory, 3 days prior to is discovery. The body's observation arc begins at Uccle, two weeks after its official discovery observation. Naming This minor planet is named after Shiva, a Hindu deity often depicted with a third eye on his forehea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (director)
Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or also as Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and cinematographer who works primarily in Tamil cinema. Siva started his film career as a cinematographer for several Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He then pursued his career as a film director and screenwriter in Telugu cinema with ''Souryam'' (2008) superhit, which was followed by ''Sankham''hit, (2009) and ''Daruvu'' hit,(2012) Siva achieved huge success when he progressed to Tamil cinema, where he entered as a screenwriter and director with ''Siruthai'' (2011), the second Telugu film to enter 100 Crore Club worldwide. He further made the high-prolific Tamil films ''Veeram (2014 film), Veeram'' (2014), ''Vedalam'' (2015), ''Vivegam'' (2017), ''Viswasam'' (2019) and ''Annaatthe'' (2021). Early life and family Siva was born to documentary film director M. Jayakumar in Chennai, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (1989 Tamil Film)
''Siva'' is a 1989 Tamil-language action film directed by Ameerjan. The film stars Rajinikanth, Raghuvaran, Sowcar Janaki and Shobana. It is a remake of the 1977 Hindi film ''Khoon Pasina''. The film was released on 5 May 1989 and became a box-office bomb. Plot The film begins with Siva ( Rajinikanth) and John (Raghuvaran) as kids, they are close friends like their fathers, in spite of their religious differences, one being Hindu and other Christian. A villain kills their families except for Siva, John, and John's mother, but John does not know that Siva and his mother were alive and vice versa. 20 years later, Siva falls in love with Parvathy (Shobana) and marries her. John is a hired goon who will do only good deeds. John is hired by the same villain to kill Siva and during the fight both get injured and finally they come to know that they are childhood friends. Eventually, both of them unite and fight the bad guy who killed their family. Cast * Rajinikanth as Siva (Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (protein)
Apoptosis regulatory protein Siva is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SIVA1'' gene. This gene encodes a protein with an important role in the apoptotic (programmed cell death) pathway induced by the CD27 antigen, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TFNR) superfamily. The CD27 antigen cytoplasmic tail binds to the N-terminus of this protein. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct proteins have been described. Interactions SIVA1 has been shown to interact with CD27. Siva (protein) Siva protein is a zinc-containing intracellular ligand of the CD4 receptor that promotes HIV-1 envelope-induced apoptosis in T-lymphoid cells. Recent research has demonstrated that Siva is a direct transcriptional target for the tumor-suppressors p53 and E2F1. See also * Siva (protein) Apoptosis regulatory protein Siva is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SIVA1'' gene. This gene encodes a protein with an important role in the apoptotic (prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiva (other)
Shiva or Shiv or Sivan or Shivan is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. Shiva, Sheeva, or Siva may also refer to: Religion * Shiva (Judaism), the Jewish ritual of mourning for seven ("shiva") days after the burial of an immediate relative * Shiva, the supreme soul of Brahma Kumaris religion * Shivā (ending with long 'a'), another name of Parvati, Shiva's consort Places * Shiva, Iran, a village in Gilan Province, Iran * Shiva crater, an apparent impact crater in the Indian Ocean, possibly associated with the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event * Shiva Temple (Grand Canyon), a summit in Arizona, US People * Shiva (actor) (born 1983), Tamil actor * Shiva (rapper) (born 1999), Italian rapper * Vandana Shiva (born 1952), physicist, philosopher, ecofeminist, environmental activist, and writer * Cosma Shiva Hagen (born 1981), German actress * Shiva Ahmadi (born 1975), Iranian-born American visual artist * Shiva Ayyadurai (born 1963), Indian-born American scientist an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (song)
"Siva" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the first Single (music), single from their debut album ''Gish'', and was written by Billy Corgan. "Siva" was also the first music video filmed by the band. Background In an early interview with Billy Corgan, he admitted that he had thought of the name for the song before he had written it, had labeled dozens of tapes with its name, and even considered naming the band "Siva" instead of "Smashing Pumpkins". Corgan has stated the riff was conceived on an acoustic guitar while working at a record store in Chicago. The song was one of three played at the band's 1991 session with John Peel, released on ''Peel Sessions (The Smashing Pumpkins EP), Peel Sessions''. Corgan originally titled the song "Shiva", referring to the Tantra, Tantric concepts of Shiva and Shakti as opposing masculine and feminine forces, ignorant of any further implications of the name. Upon realizing that the name was more readily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva Chinnatamby , for use as r ...
Siva Chinnatamby (c.1921/3 - 2000) was a Sri Lankan obstetrician who pioneered the use of modern contraceptives in the country. Biography In 1961, Chinnatamby led the first oral contraceptive trials in Asia, at Ragama Hospital. In 1964, she led trials of intrauterine devices at Colombo North Hospital, and in 1968, she began trials of Depo-Provera. In 1972 she was invited to give the Murugesar Sinnetamby Oration at the Sri Lanka Medical Association; her topic was "Successful treatment of infertility". In the late 1960s, Chinnatamby was instrumental in establishing the first Zonta International club in Sri Lanka. At the end of her life, she bequeathed her home in Colombo to the University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = Sri Lankan rupee, LKR 1.461 1,000,000,000 (number), billion [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (rebreather)
Cobham Limited is a British aerospace manufacturing company based in Bournemouth, England. Cobham was originally founded by Sir Alan Cobham as Flight Refuelling Limited (FRL) in 1934. During 1939, British airline Imperial Airways performed several non-stop crossings of the Atlantic using equipment provided by FRL. During the late 1940s, the company's aerial refuelling equipment broke new ground, including a round-the-world flight by specially-equipped Boeing B-50 Superfortresses in 1948 and the demonstration of the now-widely used 'probe and drogue' method of air-to-air refuelling for the first time in 1949. A wide range of aircraft have since been equipped with Cobham's refuelling equipment. The company has grown and diversified into various markets, often through acquisitions. Michael Cobham, Alan's son, took over its leadership during 1969. During 1994, the firm was formally renamed Cobham plc; by this point, the company had in excess of 10,000 employees and had operations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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