महादेव

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Hindi

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महादेव

Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit महादेव (mahādeva).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə.ɦɑː.d̪eːʋ/, [mɐ.ɦäː.d̪eːʋ]

Proper noun

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महादेव (mahādevm

  1. Shiva
    हर हर महादेव!har har mahādev!Hail Shiva!

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Compound of महा (mahā́, great) +‎ देव (devá, god).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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महादेव (mahādevá) stemm

  1. the "great God":
    1. (Vedic) an epithet of Rudra; Mahādeva is considered in the Vedas, along with Paśupati, Bhava, Īśāna, and others, to be a manifestation of Rudra
      • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.4.36:
        चित्तꣳ संतानेन भवं यक्ना रुद्रं तनिम्ना पशुपतिꣳ स्थूलहृदयेनाग्निꣳ हृदयेन रुद्रं लोहितेन शर्वम् मतस्नाभ्याम् महादेवम् अन्तःपार्श्वेनौषिष्ठहनꣳ शिङ्गीनिकोश्याभ्याम् ॥
        cittaṃ saṃtānena bhavaṃ yaknā rudraṃ tanimnā paśupatiṃ sthūlahṛdayenāgniṃ hṛdayena rudraṃ lohitena śarvam matasnābhyām mahādevam antaḥpārśvenauṣiṣṭhahanaṃ śiṅgīnikośyābhyām.
        [I hail] Citta with the sinew, Bhava with the liver, Rudra with the taniman, Paśupati with the thick heart, Agni with the heart, Rudra with the blood, Śarva with the kidneys, Mahādeva with the intestinal flesh, and him that slays most quickly with the entrails.
      • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 15.5.6:
        तस्मा ऊर्ध्वाया दिशो अन्तर्देशान् महादेवम् इष्वासम् अनुष्ठातारम् अकुर्वन्।
        महादेव एनम् इष्वास ऊर्ध्वाया दिशो अन्तर्देशाद् अनुष्ठातानु तिष्ठति नैनं शर्वो न भवो नेशानः॥
        tasmā ūrdhvāyā diśo antardeśān mahādevam iṣvāsam anuṣṭhātāram akurvan.
        mahādeva enam iṣvāsa ūrdhvāyā diśo antardeśād anuṣṭhātānu tiṣṭhati nainaṃ śarvo na bhavo neśānaḥ.
        They made Mahādeva the Archer his [the Vrātya's] supervisor from the intermediate space of the region of the zenith,
        Mahādeva the Archer, the supervisor, supervises him from the intermediate space of the region of the zenith. Neither Śarva nor Bhava nor Īśāna slays him, or his cattle, or his kinsmen, who possesses this knowledge.
    2. (Classical Sanskrit) an epithet of Śiva; the Vedic Rudra and his manifestations are all considered to be the names and manifestations of Śiva in Puranic Hinduism
      • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.55.12:
        स गत्वा हिमवत्पार्श्वं किंनरोरगसेवितम्।
        महादेवप्रसादार्थं तपस्तेपे महातपाः॥
        sa gatvā himavatpārśvaṃ kiṃnaroragasevitam.
        mahādevaprasādārthaṃ tapastepe mahātapāḥ.
        Mighty ascetic Viswamitra, reached the slopes of the Himavat mountain inhabited by kinnaras and uragas (serpents) and performed austerities in order to propitiate lord Mahadeva.

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of महादेव (mahādevá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative महादेवः
mahādeváḥ
महादेवौ / महादेवा¹
mahādevaú / mahādevā́¹
महादेवाः / महादेवासः¹
mahādevā́ḥ / mahādevā́saḥ¹
Vocative महादेव
máhādeva
महादेवौ / महादेवा¹
máhādevau / máhādevā¹
महादेवाः / महादेवासः¹
máhādevāḥ / máhādevāsaḥ¹
Accusative महादेवम्
mahādevám
महादेवौ / महादेवा¹
mahādevaú / mahādevā́¹
महादेवान्
mahādevā́n
Instrumental महादेवेन
mahādevéna
महादेवाभ्याम्
mahādevā́bhyām
महादेवैः / महादेवेभिः¹
mahādevaíḥ / mahādevébhiḥ¹
Dative महादेवाय
mahādevā́ya
महादेवाभ्याम्
mahādevā́bhyām
महादेवेभ्यः
mahādevébhyaḥ
Ablative महादेवात्
mahādevā́t
महादेवाभ्याम्
mahādevā́bhyām
महादेवेभ्यः
mahādevébhyaḥ
Genitive महादेवस्य
mahādevásya
महादेवयोः
mahādeváyoḥ
महादेवानाम्
mahādevā́nām
Locative महादेवे
mahādevé
महादेवयोः
mahādeváyoḥ
महादेवेषु
mahādevéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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