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#REDIRECT [[Adi Parashakti]]{{Short description|Supreme Goddess in Hinduism}}
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| type = Hindu
| texts = [[Devi Mahatmya]], [[Devi-Bhagavata Purana]], [[Kalika Purana]], [[Lalita sahasranama]], [[Lakshmi Tantra]], [[Shakta Upanishads]] such as the [[Devi Upanishad]]<ref>{{cite book |first1=Constance|last1=Jones|first2=James|last2=Ryan|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZET2sSUVsgC |year=2014|publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0816054589 |page=399}}</ref>
| image = MET DT4003Tripura_sundari_4.jpg
| caption = A picture of Tripurasundari enthroned with her right foot upon the Sri Chakra. She is surrounded by the gods Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Ishvara, Sadashiva, Kartikeya and Ganesha. Lakshmi and Saraswati are fanning her.
| caption = An 18th century painting of Mahadevi from [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]].
| Devanagari = महादेवीआदि पराशक्ति
| Sanskrit_transliteration = MahādevīĀdi Parāśakti
| affiliation = [[Para Brahman]] (Shaktism), [[Shakti]], [[Devi]]
<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sitaramiah|first1=Pavani|title=Sri Kalahasti Easwara Mahima|date=1993|publisher=Pavani Sitaramiah|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fn_XAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
| mantra = {{IAST|Ōm āim hrīm śrīm klīm}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Swami Narayanananda|title=The Primal Power in Man: The Kundalini Shakti|date=1960|publisher=Health Research Books|isbn=9780787306311|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_sKqkhwRzoC}}</ref>
| abode = [[Manidvipa]]
| weapon = [[Pasha (Hinduism)|Pasha]], [[Elephant goad|Ankusha]], [[Chakra]], [[Shankh]], [[Trishula]] and [[Rosary]]
| consort =
| deity_of = Supreme Goddess}}
{{Hinduism}}
'''MahadeviAdi Parashakti''' ({{lang-sa|महादेवीआदि पराशक्ति}}, {{IAST3|MahādevīĀdi Parāśakti}}), also referred to as '''Devi''', '''Adi Parashaktishakti''' and '''Shakti''', is the primordial Goddess or Divine Mother in [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-13|title=Adi Para Shakti- Divine mother|url=https://www.hinduscriptures.com/gods/goddesses/adi-para-shakti-divine-mother/1392/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Hindu Scriptures: Vedic lifestyle, Scriptures, Vedas, Upanishads, Itihaas, Smrutis, Sanskrit.|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Shaktism|Shaktas]] believe her as the Supreme Being, manifested as the triple goddesses [[Saraswati]], [[Lakshmi]], and [[Parvati]].<ref name="P">{{Cite book|last=Pattanaik|first=Devdutt|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=rjL3ogbdJNkC&q=devi+created+brahma+vishnu&pg=PA123&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=Devi%20three%20parts&f=false|title=The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine|year=2000|publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co|isbn=978-0-89281-807-5|language=en}}</ref> The [[Shaivism|Shaivas]] consider Parvati to be her primary form, while [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavas]] consider it to be Lakshmi.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bonnefoy|first=Yves|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=r4I-FsZCzJEC&q=Devi#v=snippet&q=Devi&f=false|title=Asian Mythologies|date=1993-05-15|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-06456-7|pages=95|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Hinduism==