— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
महादेवीmahādevī
महादेवी (mahādevī) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of Shiva, one of the eight forms of Rudra or Shiva, an epithet of Vishnu, of various authors, of a mountain, the name of a daughter of Devaka. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them The Goddess Pārvatī & Her Forms, Name of Literary Works/Texts, Personal Name of Women.
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The Goddess Pārvatī & Her Forms
5 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
महा-देवी (mahā-devī) f. an epithet of Durgā. [ID=29534]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Mahādevī — a mother Goddess; a name of Lalitā, as ori- ginating from Agnikuṇḍa of Indra and gods who propitiated Devī to get rid of Bhaṇḍa.1 The goddess enshrined at Śāla- grāma.2
[Footnote: 1) Br. IV. 6. 3; 12. 74; 13. 29; 14. 26; 15. 3; 18. 15; 36. 4; M. 179. 31.]
[Footnote: 2) Ib. 13. 33.]
[ID=10341]
— The Purana Index
Name of Literary Works/Texts
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
महा (mahā)—देव (—deva) n. N. of a Tantra, Cat.; Āryav. (cf. शिव-तन्त्र (śiva-tantra)) [ID=159746]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Personal Name of Women
2 definitions
महा (mahā)—देवा (—devā) f. N. of a daughter of Devaka, VP. (w.r. for सह-देवा (saha-devā)) [ID=159738]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The God Śiva/Rudra
2 definitions
महा (mahā)—देव (—deva) m. ‘the gr° deity’, N. of Rudra or Śiva or one of his attendant deities, AV. &c. &c. [ID=159733]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A Queen / Chief Royal Consort
1 definition
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A Type of Plant (Colocynth)
1 definition
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Name of a Mountain
1 definition
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Name of Authors
1 definition
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The God Viṣṇu
1 definition
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The Goddess Aditi
1 definition
Mahādevī1 (“the great goddess”) = Aditi: XIII, 3905. [ID=6752]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
The Goddess Lakṣmī
1 definition
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.