<sod>'''''Shiva'''''({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|i|v|ə}}; [[Sanskrit]]: {{IAST|Śiva}}, lit. ''the auspicious one'') is one of the [[Hindu deities|principal deities]] of [[Hinduism]]. He is worshiped as the supreme god within [[Shaivism]], one of the three most influential denominations in contemporary Hinduism.<ref name="Flood 1996, p. 17" /><ref>Tattwananda, p. 45.</ref> He is one of [[Panchayatana puja|the five primary forms of God]] in [[Smarta Tradition]],<ref name="Flood 1996, p. 17">Flood (1996), p. 17.</ref> and ''The Destroyer'' within the [[Trimurti]], the Hindu triad.<ref name="Zimmer 1972 p. 124">Zimmer (1972) p. 124.</ref><eod>
<sod>'''''Shiva'''''({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|i|v|ə}}; [[Sanskrit]]: {{IAST|Śiva}}, lit. ''the auspicious one'') is one of the [[Hindu deities|principal deities]] of [[Hinduism]]. He is worshiped as the supreme god within [[Shaivism]], one of the three most influential denominations in contemporary Hinduism.<ref name="Flood 1996, p. 17" /><ref>Tattwananda, p. 45.</ref> He is ''the destroyer'' within the [[Trimurti]], the Hindu trinity that includes [[Brahma]] and [[Vishnu]].<ref name="Zimmer 1972 p. 124">Zimmer (1972) p. 124.</ref><ref>Jan Gonda (1969), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/40457085 The Hindu Trinity], Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pages 212-226</ref> In Shaivism tradition, Shiva is the "creator, destroyer and regenerator".{{Sfn|Issitt|Main|2014|pp=147, 168}}{{Sfn|Arvind Sharma|2000|p=65}} He is one of the five equivalent deities in [[Panchayatana puja]] of the [[Smarta Tradition|Smarta]] tradition of Hinduism.<ref name="Flood 1996, p. 17"/><eod>