Mahadevi

Sarong ika-18 na siglo na painting dapit ki Mahadevi gikan sa Bikaner, Rajasthan

Si Mahadevi (Sanskrito: महादेवी, IAST: Mahādevī), inaapod man na Adi Parashakti, Adi Shakti, asin Abhaya Shakti, an supremong diyosa sa sektang Shaktismo kan Hinduismo.^[1][2]

Segun sa tradisyon na ini, an gabos na diosa ibinibilang na manipestasyon kan solong dakulang diosa na ini, na maikokompara sa mga dios na si Vishnu asin Shiva.^[3] Ibinibilang siya ni Vaishnavas bilang si Lakshmi, kinokonsiderar siya ni Shaivas bilang si Parvati, Durga, asin Mahakali, mantang ibinibilang siya ni Shaktas bilang si Durga, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneswari, asin Kali.^[4][5]

An parasurat na si Helen T Boursier nagsabi, "Sa pilosopiyang Hindu kapwa si Lakshmi asin Parvati namimidbidan huli sa dakulang diosa - si Mahadevi - asin kan Shakti o kapangyarihan na gikan sa dios.

Toltolan

1. Vanamali (2008-07-21). "3. Mahadevi". Shakti: Realm of the Divine Mother (in English). Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-59477-785-1. 
2. Dalal, Roshen (2019-01-06). The 108 Upanishads: An Introduction (in English). Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-377-2. 
3. Hay, Jeff (2009-03-06). World Religions (in English). Greenhaven Publishing LLC. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-7377-4627-3. 
4. Pintchman, Tracy (2001-06-21). Seeking Mahadevi: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess (in English). SUNY Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7914-5007-9. 
5. Bonnefoy, Yves (1993-05-15). Asian Mythologies (in English). University of Chicago Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-226-06456-7.