महादेव

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

MAHĀDEVA   Śiva. ( see under Śiva).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : शंकर

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

महादेव n.   भविष्यपुराण नामक ग्रंथ का कर्ता ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

    shiva, the third deity of the Hindú triad. 2 The board forming the upper member or handle of the Weaver's फणी or comb. this, together with the pole or cylindrical piece at the bottom, called पार्वती, compose a frame for the फणी and furnish it with the needed weight for its office of pressing and closing the woof. this comb- frame, महादेवपार्वती, is also called हात्यादांडी.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  shiva.
महादेवी  f  The wife of shiva.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

    see : शिव

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

    see : शङ्कर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

महा—देव  m.  m. ‘the gr° deity’, also title or epithet).">N. of रुद्र or शिव or one of his attendant deities, [AV.] &c. &c.

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   of one of the 8 forms of R° or Ś°, [Pur.]
   of विष्णु, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [RāmatUp.]
दीक्षित-म्°   of various authors &c., [Cat.] ( also , द्वि- वेदि-म्°; cf. below)

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   of a mountain, [Vās.,] Introd.
महा—देव  n.  n. also title or epithet).">N. of a तन्त्र, [Cat.]; [Āryav.] ( cf. शिव- तन्त्र)

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Shabda-Sagara

महादेव  m.  ( - वः) ŚIVA.
  f.  ( - वी) DURGĀ the wife of ŚIVA.
    E. महा great, and देव god; the epithet Mahā compounded with a substantive forms many appellatives of these deities especially; thus ŚIVA is Mahākāla, Mahārūdra, Maheśwara, &c. and DURGĀ is named Mahāvidya, Mahāsmriti, Mahāmedha, Mahāmoha, &c. &c.

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