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デーヴィー
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thumb|A sculpture of the goddess Lakshmi Devī (; ) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is Deva. Devi and Deva mean 'heavenly, divine, anything of excellence', and are gender-specific terms for deity in Indian religions.
"Devi" is the Sanskrit word for goddess, used in Indian religions to refer to divine female deities, while the masculine equivalent is "deva." The term carries broader meanings of "heavenly" or "divine," making it a fundamental concept for understanding how goddesses are named and conceptualized across Hindu, Buddhist, and other Indian religious traditions.
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- Subclass of
- Hindu deity
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- Hindu goddesses
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- Category:Hindu goddesses
- worshipped by
- Vaishnavism
- facet of
- Hindu cosmology
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Article · 日本語
デーヴィー（देवी, devī）は、ヒンドゥー教の女神である。すべての「偉大な母」として知られる存在で、すべての女神が彼女の側面と考えられている。デーヴァの女性形。 シヴァの神妃たちはマハーデーヴィーと呼ばれるようになり、「偉大なる女神」という意味でシヴァの持つ宇宙創造の偉大な性力シャクティを表してもいる。
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