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Synopsis Vedas are the most authoritative texts of Hindus. Among the secondary works of Vedic literature, the Brhaddevata has always attracted considerable share of interest on the part of Vedic scholars. The text of Brhaddevata bears an intimate relation to that of the Naighantuka, the Nirukta, the Sarvanukramani, the Arsanukra- Mani, the Anuvakanukramani, and the Rgvidhana, owing to the very nature of the work its connection with the text of the Rgveda is necessarily very close; the Maitrayani Samhita, the Kausitaki and the Aitareya Brahmanas occasionally throw light on it: and several of its legends are historically linked with those of the Mahabharata. Brihaddevata, a work by Katyayana, can be placed later than 400 B.C. The Shlokas have undoubtedly been added here and there and some modifications of diction have probably crept in, the authenticity of the text as a whole is better guaranteed than that of perhaps any other ancillary Vedic work. It comprehensively deals with the deities of the Rgveda. The present work is an important edition since it carries the text with translation with critical and illustrative notes. List of detailed appendices has certainly added to the worth of the work.