Siva in Malayalam
None of these entries is the plain name of the god; they are epithets. The widest of them is ഈശ്വരന് (eeshwaran), lord or god, which in a Hindu context in Kerala is routinely understood as Siva. ആഘോരമൂര്ത്തി (aghoramoorthi) and മഹാത്യാഗി (mahaathyaagi) are praise-names used in hymns and temple contexts.
God, Siva, protector, husband.
ഈശ്വരൻ എല്ലാം കാണുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് അമ്മ പറയും.
eeshwaran ellam kaanunnundennu amma parayum.
Mother says God sees everything.
All Malayalam words for “siva”
- ഈശ്വരന് (eeshwaran) — God, Siva, protector, husband.
- ആഘോരമൂര്ത്തി (aghoramoorthi) — Siva.
- മഹാത്യാഗി (mahaathyaagi) — Great sacrificer, Siva.
- അക്ഷയന് (akshayan) — Poor person, ascetic, homeless person, siva, universal soul.
- ഈശന് (eashan) — Lord, master, husband, Siva.
- ഏകദൃഷ്ടി (ekadrishti) — One-eyed person, one who sees everything equally, Siva, philosopher, one who concentrates his attention on one object only.
- പെരുമാള് (perumal) — King, chief, a noble person, Siva, Vishnu.
- മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥന് (maddhyasthan) — Mediator, neutral or impartial man, middleman, arbitrator, an intermediary, Siva.
- മഹര്ഷി (maharshi) — Great sage, Buddha, Siva.
- യോഗി (yogi) — One who practices Yoga, an ascetic, sanyasi, one who practices meditation, Siva, Vishnu.
- അഘോരം (aghoram) — Fierce of siva, a mantra relating to siva, heat, knowledge.
- അഘോരമന്ത്രം (aghoramanthram) — Mantra in worship of siva.
- ആഘോരന് (aghoran) — Sivan, a devotee of siva, a devotee of goddess Durga.
The name Siva itself is written in Malayalam as a direct rendering of the Sanskrit and is not among the candidates here, so treat these as titles rather than translations.
Common questions
How do you say Siva in Malayalam?
The name is taken over from Sanskrit unchanged; of the words listed, ഈശ്വരന് (eeshwaran) is the one most commonly used to mean the god.
What do the other words mean?
They are epithets: ആഘോരമൂര്ത്തി (aghoramoorthi) and മഹാത്യാഗി (mahaathyaagi) praise him as the fearsome one and the great renouncer, and ഏകദൃഷ്ടി (ekadrishti) and പെരുമാള് (perumal) can point to other deities too.