Mah?deva

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Mahādeva (Skt., ‘great Lord’).
1. In Hinduism, a name of Śiva.

2. In Buddhism, Mahādeva is associated with the first major schism in Buddhist history, the division into Mahāsāṃghika and Sthaviravāda which led to Theravāda. Five theses are attributed to him concerning the exact attainments of the arhat. Nothing certain is known of him or of his life.

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