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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

आदिदेवādideva[âdi-deva] m. primeval god: ep. of Brahman, Vishnu, Siva.
[âdi-deva] masculine primeval god: epithet of Brahman, Vishnu, Siva.
In the Gita10·12 11·38

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ॥

puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyamādidevamajaṁ vibhum. — Arjuna said:- Thou art the supreme Brahman, the supreme Abode, the supreme Purity, the one Permanent, the divine Purusha, the original Godhead, the… 10·12
- आदिदेवम्ādidevamaccusative singular of the masculine compound noun ādi-deva (the original Godhead).
- आदि-देवःādidevaḥnominative singular of the masculine compound noun ādi-deva (the first and original Godhead) .
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आदिदेवādidevam. "the first god"
1. masculine gender "the first god"
2. masculine gender Name of Brahman ब्रह्मन्, Vishn2u विष्णु, S3iva शिव, Gan2es3a गणेश, the sun.
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