Mahadeva

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Hindu deity form of Shiva

Mahadeva is a principal form of the Hindu god Shiva, revered as the supreme deity and great lord in Shaivism.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Dakshinamurthy 1
Vamadeva 1
Veerabhadra 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu deity ⓘ
form of Shiva ⓘ
abode Kailasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Kailash NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoCalled Maheshvara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rudra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedConcept asceticism ⓘ
destruction of ego ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
yoga ⓘ
associatedFestival Maha Shivaratri NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedMountain Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRiver Ganga NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedTradition Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
attribute ash-smeared body ⓘ
blue throat ⓘ
crescent moon ⓘ
matted hair ⓘ
river Ganga in hair ⓘ
serpents as ornaments ⓘ
third eye ⓘ
tiger-skin garment ⓘ
consort Parvati NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmicFunction destruction ⓘ
regeneration ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
epithetOf Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
fatherOf Ganesha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kartikeya NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificMeaning Great Lord ⓘ
identifiedWith Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Sanskrit ⓘ
meaningOfName Great God ⓘ
memberOf Trimurti NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
role destroyer and transformer ⓘ
supreme deity in Shaivism ⓘ
scripturalSource Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Parvati NERFINISHED ⓘ
trimurtiCounterpart Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
vahana Nandi NERFINISHED ⓘ
vehicle Nandi NERFINISHED ⓘ
weapon Trident NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trishula NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedAs lingam ⓘ
personal deity (ishta devata) ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Veeragase → associatedDeity → Mahadeva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veerabhadra
Bholenath → associatedDeityType → Mahadeva ⓘ
Pashupatinath Temple → facesOfLingam → Mahadeva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vamadeva
Vishwanath → hasAlternativeName → Mahadeva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vishveshvara
Nageswaran Temple → hasShrineFor → Mahadeva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dakshinamurthy
Shankara → honorificFor → Mahadeva ⓘ
Goddess Gauri → spouseOf → Mahadeva ⓘ