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{{Saivism}}The '''''Shiva Chalisa''''' ([[Hindi language|Hindi]]: शिव चालीसा, literally Forty {{Transliteration|hi|[[Chaupai (poetry)|chaupais]]}} on [[Shiva]]) is a Hindi ''[[stotra]]'' dedicated to [[Hindu]] [[deity]] [[Shiva]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chaturvedi|first=B. K. |title=The Hymns And Orisions Of Lord Shankar|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6-VttFFXT4C&q=Shiva+Chalisa&pg=PA63|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books|isbn=81-7182-169-3|page=63|chapter=5. Shree Shiv Chalisa}}</ref> Adapted from the ''[[Shiva Purana]]'', it consists of 40 (chalis) {{Transliteration|hi|chaupais}} (verses) and recited daily or on special festivals like ''[[Maha Shivaratri]]'' by [[Shivaite|Shaiva]]s, the worshippers of Shiva.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jha |first=Makhan |title=Anthropology of ancient Hindu kingdoms: a study in civilizational perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0i94Z5C8HMC&q=Shiva+Chalisa&pg=PA39|year=1997|publisher=M.D. Publications|isbn=81-7533-034-1|page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Pattanaik |first=Devdutt |author-link=Devdutt Pattanaik |title=Shiva: an introduction|year=1997|publisher=Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd|page=104}}</ref><br />
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== Hymn ==<br />
The ''Shiva Chalisa''{{'}}s first stanza extols the attributes of Shiva:<br />
{{Blockquote|text=''jaya girijāpati dīnadayālā<br>sadā karata santana pratipālā<br>bhāla candramā sohata nīke<br>kānana kuṇḍala nāga phanī ke''<br />
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Glory to Girija’s consort Shiva, who is compassionate to the destitute, who always protects the saintly, the moon on whose forehead sheds its beautiful lustre, and in whose ears are the pendants of the cobra hood.}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* ''[[Hanuman Chalisa]]'', Hindu devotional hymn<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* ''Sri Shiv Chalisa (Dicritical)'', by Manoj Pub. Ed. Board. Manoj Publications, 2009. {{ISBN|81-310-0927-0}}.<br />
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