Brihaddevata, Bṛhaddevatā, Brihat-devata: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhaddevatā can be transliterated into English as Brhaddevata or Brihaddevata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBṛhaddevatā (बृहद्देवता).—Name of a large work enumerating Vedic Deities.
Bṛhaddevatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bṛhat and devatā (देवता).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBṛhaddevatā (बृहद्देवता).—[feminine] T. of a work.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Bṛhaddevatā (बृहद्देवता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Ṛv. attributed to Śaunaka. W. p. 10. Oxf. 401^b. Haug. 21.
2) Bṛhaddevatā (बृहद्देवता):—Cu. add. 1048.
3) Bṛhaddevatā (बृहद्देवता):—attributed to Śaunaka. As p. 119.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBṛhaddevatā (बृहद्देवता):—[=bṛhad-devatā] [from bṛhad > bṛṃh] f. Name of a large [work] (enumerating and explaining the deities to which each hymn of the [Ṛg-veda] is addressed).
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Brihad, Brihat, Devata.
Full-text (+17): Barhaddaivata, Chandogika, Devikrida, Shaunaka, Draughana, Romakayana, Gadhisunu, Yaupa, Suryakshaya, Vasativara, Naipatika, Niruktavat, Gathija, Sthanavibhaga, Bijamatra, Atmastava, Yaska, Bhaguri, Kraushtuki, Rathamtari.
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Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
1(e). Sarasvatī as sister < [Chapter 2 - The Rivers in the Saṃhitā Literature]
Scope, Literature and Methodology < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
1(i). Sarasvatī and her association with other Gods and Goddesses < [Chapter 2 - The Rivers in the Saṃhitā Literature]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 1 - Introduction (Solar divinities in the Veda) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Part 9 - Number and Classification of the Vedic Gods < [Chapter 1 - Vedic Concept of God and Religion]
Part 2 - Purāṇic Sūrya, the Atmospheric Deity < [Chapter 4 - Vedic Influence on the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
3. Goddess Asunīti < [Chapter 4 - Female Deities and the Glorification of Women in the Atharvaveda]
Some Thoughts on the Veda and its Study < [January – March, 1978]
Sakti in the Veda < [July-September 1942]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
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