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.
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↑ Dalal, Roshen (2019-01-06). The 108 Upanishads: An Introduction (in English). Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-377-2 .
↑ Hay, Jeff (2009-03-06). World Religions (in English). Greenhaven Publishing LLC. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-7377-4627-3 .
↑ 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 .
↑ Bonnefoy, Yves (1993-05-15). Asian Mythologies (in English). University of Chicago Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-226-06456-7 .