# बृहद्देवता (bṛhaddevatā)

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बृहद्देवता (bṛhaddevatā) is a Sanskrit word meaning title of a work.

- **SLP1:** `bfhaddevatA`  **IAST:** bṛhaddevatā  **Devanagari:** बृहद्देवता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%B9%9Bhaddevat%C4%81
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/brihaddevata/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- the title of a work enumerating the deities addressed in the hymns of the Rig-veda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 736,3] बृहद् (bṛhad) — देवता (—devatā) f. N. of a large wk. (enumerating and explaining the deities to which each hymn of the Ṛg-veda (Title) is addressed). [ ID=146277 ]
- Title of a work  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > बृहद्देवता (bṛhaddevatā) [Printed book page 366 ] बृहद्देवता (bṛhaddevatā) f. T. of a work. [ ID=22243 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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