Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3130

c6.3130

*Mahādevī* (IE 8-2; EI 3, 4; HD), a queen; often wrongly taken as the first wife of a king or his chief queen (SITI); a title of the wives originally of paramount sovereigns and later also of feudatory rulers; cf. *Devī*, *Agra-mahādevī*, *Mahāmahādevī*.