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.