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