महादेव [ mahādeva ] [ mahā́-devá ] m. " the great deity " , N. of Rudra or Śiva or one of his attendant deities Lit. AV.

   of one of the 8 forms of Rudra or Śiva Lit. Pur.

   of Vishṇu Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. RāmatUp.

   of various authors Lit. Cat. ( also [ dīkṣita-m ] , [ dvi-vedi-m ] ; cf. below)

   of a mountain Lit. Vās. , Introd.

   [ mahādevā ] f. N. of a daughter of Devaka Lit. VP. (w.r. for [ saha-devā ] )

   [ mahādevī ] f. N. of Śiva's wife Pārvatī Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. ( Lit. RTL. 186)

   of Lakshmī Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

   of Dākshāyaṇī in the Śālagrāma Lit. Cat.

   f. the chief wife of a king Lit. MBh. Lit. Kathās. ( [ °vī-tva ] n. the rank of chief wife Lit. Kathās.)

   f. a kind of colocynth Lit. L.

   N. of various women Lit. Vet. Lit. Cat.

   N. of sev. works.

   [ mahādeva ] n. N. of a Tantra Lit. Cat. Lit. Āryav. ( cf. [ śiva-tantra ] )