['< sod >\'\'\'\'\'shiva\'\'\'\'\'( { { ipac - en | ˈ | ʃ | i | v | ə } } ; [ [ sanskrit ] ] : { { iast | siva } }, 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 | siva } }, 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 >']