Shiva

Italian rapper · Italy · On the map · Musicians · Born 1999 · age 27

Andrea Arrigoni, known by the stage name Shiva, is an Italian rapper.

Shiva is read about 313 times a day, in 9 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 2 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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2018“Shiva might perhaps best be described as a transformer who moves humanity and the universe forward in the evolution of consciousness.”In their wordsMalhotra, R., & Infinity Foundation (Princeton, N.J.). (2018). Being different: An Indian challenge to western universalism.Read the whole statement

2013“The most elegant and sublime of these is a representation of the creation of the universe at the beginning of each cosmic cycle, a motif known as the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva.”In their words19 September 2013Carl Sagan, in his book Cosmos quoted in: Kamlesh Kapur Hindu Dharma-A Teaching Guide, Xlibris Corporation, 19 September 2013, p. 311Read the whole statement

2008“God creates the world as Brahma, sustains it as Vishnu, and destroys it as Shiva. One day, Shiva started to sing. Vishnu was so moved by the melody that he began to melt.”In their wordsGanga Mahatmya in: Devdutt Pattanaik Myth = Mithya(2008), Penguin Books India, 2008, p. 6Read the whole statement

“According to the deep yogic experience of the sages of this philosophy, there is no difference between Shiva tattva and Shakti tattva. They are both actually one with Paramasiva.”In their wordsBalajinnatha Pandita, in Specific Principles of Kashmir Shaivism (3rd edition, 2008), p. 79Read the whole statement

2003“In Vishnu Purana, in the final dissolution Vishnu assumes the form of Rudra, the destructive persona of Shiva, and proceed to set the world ablaze.”In their wordsA. L. Dallapiccola in: Hindu Myths, University of Texas Press, 2003, p. 52Read the whole statement

1999“Shiva is by no means a non-Vedic god, and Indra never really disappeared from popular Hinduism but lives on under another name.”In their wordsKoenraad Elst, Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate (1999)Read the whole statement

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Shiva

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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...
2014 · Robin Rumi, in Naked Morsels : Short Stories of Spiritual Erotica (2014), Own words
There is a deeper symbolism. The black image of Kali is standing on the white image of Lord Shiva. Shiva is Brahman and Kali is Brahman’s energy, Shakti.
2008 · Dushyanta Pandya (2008), in Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Readworthy, 2008, p. 34, Own words
The word shava, means corpse. What is this word? Why is it called shava? It is missing something, it is missing shakti. Shiva without shakti, become shava.
25 September 2007 · Swami Rama, in OM the Eternal Witness: Secrets of the Mandukya Upanishad, 25 September 2007, p. 186, Own words