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]

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

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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  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.