Mahadeva

Mahadeva may refer to:

Religion

• Mahadeva, a title of the Hindu god Shiva
  • Parashiva, a form of Shiva
  • Parameshwara (god), a form of Shiva
• Para Brahman, a Hindu deity
• Adi-Buddha, in Buddhism, the "First Buddha" or the "Primordial Buddha"
• Mahadeva (Buddhism), founder of the Caitika school of Indian Buddhism or a literary figure associated with 5 points of contention in some Theravada works
• Taidi, in Chinese folk religion

People with the name

• Mahadeva (Buddhism), founder of the Caitika school of Indian Buddhism or a literary figure associated with 5 points of contention in some Theravada works
• Mahadeva (Kakatiya dynasty), 12th-century ruler of India
• Mahadeva of Devagiri, a 13th-century ruler of the Yadava dynasty of India
• Mahadeva (undertaker), a recipient of the Chief Minister's gold medal from the city of Bangalore, India
• Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati (1903–1976), Indian engineer
• Arunachalam Mahadeva (1885–1969), Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and diplomat
• Baku Mahadeva (1921–2013), Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant
• Devanur Mahadeva (born 1948), Indian writer and public intellectual
• Kumar Mahadeva, Sri Lankan American businessman
• S. Mahadeva (1893–?), Ceylon Tamil civil engineer
• Mahadeva Subramania Mani (1908–2003), Indian entomologist

Places

• Mahadeva, Barabanki, Nepal
• Mahadeva, Kosi, Nepal
• Mahadeva, Sagarmatha, Nepal

See also

• Mahadev (disambiguation)
• Mahadevan (disambiguation)
• Mahadevi, Hindu goddess
• Mahadevi (film), 1957 Indian film by Sundar Rao Nadkarni
• Bolton v Mahadeva, an English contract law case