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Switch to new thesaurus. Noun. 1. Bharat - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947. India, Republic of India. dacoity, dakoity - robbery by a gang of armed dacoits.
The meaning of BHARATA is an inhabitant of Bharat (India). Sanskrit bhārata inhabiting India, of India, descended from Bharata, of Bharata, from Bharata, a legendary monarch of India whose descendants are the principal characters in the Mahabharata, one of the two great Sanskrit epics
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Natyashastra
1) Bharata (भरत) refers to an “actor” and represents a member of a theatrical part according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 35. Accordingly, “as he alone conducts as the leader the performance of a play by acting in many roles and playing many instruments and by providing many accessories, he is called Bharata”. Note: The term “Bharata” seems to have originally meant those who sang ballads connected with the heroic exploits of the Bharata race. The term ‘Bharthari’ meaning singers on the exploits...
Purana and Itihasa
1) Bharata (भरत):—Son of Daśaratha (son of Aja). He was an incarnation who appeared to his father in the form of a son. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa9.10.2) 2) Bharata (भरत):—Son of Duṣmanta (son of Rebhi). After performing a sacrifice called the marut-stoma, he was granted a son by the Maruts (demigods). He was named Bharadvāja. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa9.20.24) 1) Bharata (भरत).—Son of Ṛṣabha, who was the son of Nābhi, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 74. Nābhi was a son of Medhātithi, a grandson...
Vaishnavism
Mahārāja Bharata, the son of Duṣmanta, had the mark of Lord Kṛṣṇa's disc on the palm of his right hand, and he had the mark of a lotus whorl on the soles of his feet. By worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead with a grand ritualistic ceremony, he became the emperor and master of the entire world. Then, under the priesthood of Māmateya, Bhṛgu Muni, he performed fifty-five horse sacrifices on the bank of the Ganges, beginning from its mouth and ending at its source, and seventy-eight hor...
Theravada
1. Bharata. A sage of old who, as a result of living the holy life, was born in the Brahma world. J.vi.99. 2. Bharata. The Bodhisatta born as the king of Roruva and husband of Samuddavijaya. For his story see the Aditta Jataka. J.iii.470 ff. 3. Bharata. A hunter who brought from the Himalaya the chief of a herd of monkeys whose cry was one of the noises mentioned in the Atthasadda Jataka (q.v.). J.iii.432. 4. Bharata Thera. He was a householder of Campa, and, having heard that Sona Kolivisa h...
Tibetan Buddhism
Bharata (भरत) is the name of a Tathāgata (Buddha) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Bharata).
General definition
Bharata (भरत) (son of Sāgaradeva and father of Aṅgira) is the name of an ancient king from the Solar dynasty (sūryavaṃśa) and a descendant of Mahāsaṃmata, according to the Mahābuddhavaṃsa or Maha Buddhavamsa (the great chronicle of Buddhas) Anudīpanī chapter 1, compiled by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw. These twenty-eight kings were of long lives of asaṅkhyeyya (asaṃkhyeya) years. The twenty-seven kings [viz., Bharata] after Mahāsammata were his descendants. Some of these twenty-eight kings reigned in...
General definition
Bhārata (भारत).—One of the seven regions (kṣetra) of Jambūdvīpa according to Jaina cosmology. Jambūdvīpa sits at the centre of madhyaloka(‘middle world’) is the most important of all continents and it is here where human beings reside. In Bhārata flows the twin rivers Gaṅgā and Sindhu. 1) Bharata (भरत) and Brāhmī were born as twins from Sunandā (one of Ṛṣabha’s wifes), according to chapter 1.2 [ādīśvara-caritra]of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic...
Bhārata (भारत) is the name of a work written by Vyāsa, as mentioned by Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry) narrating the love-story between Prince Candrāpīḍa and the Apsaras Kādambarī.—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its co...
Pali-English dictionary
Bharatā, (f.) (abstr. fr. bhara) only in cpd. dub° difficulty to support, state of being hard to maintain, synonymous with kosajja at A. IV, 280, and kuhanā at A. V, 159, 161.—opp. subharatā A.IV, 280. (Page 499)
Marathi-English dictionary
bharata (भरत).—n A factitious metal compounded of copper, pewter, tin &c. 2 Green carbonate of lime. --- OR --- bharata (भरत).—f Commonly bharīta in the three first senses. --- OR --- bharāṭā (भराटा).—m (bhara! Whirr! flurr!) Noisy rising or flying (of birds); noisy whisking about (as of light rubbish or articles); noisy blowing or puffing (of wind); noisy dashing (of a shower of rain); swift, impetuous, or animated action (of running, going, speaking, eating); close pressure and urgency (of...
Sanskrit dictionary
Bharaṭa (भरट).—[bhṛ-aṭan] 1)A potter. 2)A servant. Derivable forms: bharaṭaḥ(भरटः). --- OR --- Bharata (भरत).—[bharaṃ tanoti tan-ḍa] 1) Name of the son of Duṣyanta and Śakuntalā, who became a universal monarch (cakravartin), India being called Bharatavarṣaafter him. He was one of the remote ancestors of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas; cf. Ś.7.33. 2) Name of a brother of Rāma, son of Kaikeyī, the youngest wife of Daśaratha. He was very pious and righteous, and was so much devoted to Rāma that when...
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Bharata What does Bharata mean? Bharata (English) Proper noun Bharata. A legendary emperor of India, and is referred to in Hindu and Jain theology. He was son of King Dushyanta and Sakuntala. Younger brother of Rāma in Ramayana. Translations Bharata - Brother of Rama. Marathi: भरत Telugu: భరతుడు
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Sep 5, 2023 · The more popular meaning is associated with the root word meaning light which makes Bharata mean the one indulging in light, the shining one or the one that pursues light. Needless to say, like a number of other phenomena in India, Bharata, the name, too has hoary roots and yet has been in prevalence till today.
