Happy #MahaShivaratri! Plus a Bunch of Other #MonthLongObservances You Probably Weren't Thinking-of! | @Bing @Wikipedia @ListOfDays @HolidaySmart @welcoa #Shiva #Siva #Sivaism #Sivaistic

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A fellow forum-member proclaims her celebration in a paying discussion you can access 'the bold hyperlink(s)' below; you can also make money joining the discussion, but first I want to teach you about those words. And I find you understand words better if you see 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum into their Foundation)
Maha Shivaratri is Hindi (I guess) for "the Great Night of #Shiva." 
Shiva is the Hindu god of Destruction & |Reproduction, whose name is built on ancient words that mean "|Auspicious, |Propitious, Gracious" (some tie it to ancient words that mean "to Lie," |Bed, |Couch, Beloved, |Dear---changing the spelling a little #Siva #Sivaism #Sivaistic and possibly making the word 'a euphemism' (a la "Make an Honest Woman out of you" or "an Easy Lay")).
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This discussion came up as I was thinking that--just as we're exiting Black History Month (a celebration of 'something I am not')--we're entering Women's History Month (another celebration of 'something I am not').

If I were jealous, though, I could comfort myself with the knowledge that this is also "Brain-Injury Awareness Month"---although that does make 'Women's History Month' a little less special ...

Then I thought, 'Shouldn't every month have SEVERAL "devotions" to it?" Leading me to ask Microsoft Bing, who found:








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