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.

Meanings by context

The Goddess Pārvatī & Her Forms

5 definitions
an epithet of Parvati

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an aspect of Dakshayani in the Shalagrama

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Durga

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Uma

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. A mother goddess. 2. A name of Lalita. 3. The goddess enshrined at Shalagrama.

The Purana Index

Name of Literary Works/Texts

2 definitions
Name of several works.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the name of a Tantra

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Personal Name of Women

2 definitions
the name of a daughter of Devaka

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The name of various women

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The God Śiva/Rudra

2 definitions
an epithet of Shiva

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

one of the eight forms of Rudra or Shiva

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Queen / Chief Royal Consort

1 definition
the chief wife of a king

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Type of Plant (Colocynth)

1 definition
a kind of colocynth

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a Mountain

1 definition
of a mountain

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of Authors

1 definition
of various authors

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The God Viṣṇu

1 definition
an epithet of Vishnu

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Goddess Aditi

1 definition
the great goddess Aditi

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

The Goddess Lakṣmī

1 definition
an epithet of Lakshmi

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.