As a deity name
Name 772 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 15 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 590 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 279 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
महादेवी · noun · feminine
दुर्गा · राजा की प्रधान पत्न ी या पटरानो की एक पत्नी जो हिंदु काल में भारत में प्रचलित थी — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "महादेवी" is महादेव + -ई: महादेव means "an epithet of Lord Shiva", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "महादेवी" is महादेव + -ई: महादेव means "an epithet of Lord Shiva", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "महादेवी" is महादेव + -ई: महादेव means "an epithet of Lord Shiva", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the chief wife of a king, &c. (˚vī-tva the rank of chief wife, )
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Dictionary citations
mahā—devī f. N. of Śiva's wife Pārvatī, MBh.; Hariv. &c. (RTL. 186)
of Lakṣmī, MBh.; R.
of Dākṣāyaṇī in the Śālagrāma, Cat.
the chief wife of a king, MBh.; Kathās. &c. (˚vī-tva n. the rank of chief wife, Kathās.)
a kind of colocynth, L.
Alternative readings
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