N. of a deity (in [RV.] often invoked among the Āprī deities and esp. together with Ilā and Sarasvatī accord. to [Nir. viii, 13] a daughter of Āditya; later identified with Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech), [RV.] &c. &c.
speech, voice, word, eloquence, literary composition, dramatic art or recitation, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
(with vṛtti), a partic. kind of style, [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] (cf. [IW. 503 n. 1])
the Sanskṛt speech of an actor, [L.]
a quail, [L.]
Ocymum Sacrum, [L.]
N. of a river, [MBh.]
one of the 10 orders of religious mendicants traced back to pupils of Śaṃkarācārya (the members of which add the word to their names), [W.]; [Cat.]
bhā́rata mf(I)n. descended from Bharata or the Bharatas (applied to Agni either ‘sprung from the priests called Bh°s’ or ‘bearer of the oblation’), [RV.] &c. &c.
belonging or relating to the Bharatas (with yuddha n. saṃgrāma m. samara m. samiti f. the war or battle of the Bh°s; with or scil. ākhyāna n. with itihāsa m. and kathā f. the story of the Bh°s, the history or narrative of their war; with or scil. maṇḍala n. or varṣa n. ‘king Bh°s's realm’ i.e. India), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
inhabiting Bh° i.e. India, [BhP.]
bhā́rata m. a descendant of Bharata (also in pl. for bharatās), [RV.] &c. &c.
(with aśva-medha), N. of the author of [RV. v, 27]
(with deva-vāta and deva-śravas), N. of the authors of [RV. iii, 23]
fire, [L.]
an actor, [L.] (cf. bharata)
N. of the sun shining on the south of Meru, [L.]
bhā́rata n. the land of Bh°s i.e. India (cf. above)
the story of the Bh°s and their wars (sometimes identified with the Mahā-bhārata, and sometimes distinguished from it), [MBh.]; [Rājat.]; [IW. 371 n. 1] and [2]
bhārgavá mf(I)n. relating to or coming from Bhṛgu, [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.
belonging to Śukra (cf. below), [R.]
patr. fr. bhṛgu (pl. bhṛgavaḥ), [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 65]
N. of Śukra (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the Daityas), [R.]; [Var.] &c.
of Śiva, [MBh.]
of Paraśu-rāma, [ib.]
of various men (esp. supposed authors of hymns, viz. of Iṭa, Kali, Kṛtnu, Gṛtsamada, Cyavana, Jamad-agni, Nema, Prayoga, Vena, Somāhuti and Syūma-raśmi q.v.; but also of many other writers or mythological personages, e.g. of Iṭala, of Ṛcīka, of Dvi-gat, of Dṛśāna, of Mārkaṇḍeya, of Pramati &c.), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.]; [RAnukr.]
a potter, [MBh.] ([Nīlak.])
an astrologer, [L.]
an archer, a good bowman (like Paraśu-rāma), [L.]
an elephant, [L.]
pl. the descendants of Bhṛgu (properly called bhṛgavaḥ; cf. above), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
bhā́radvāja mf(I)n. coming from or relating to Bharad-vāja, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
bhā́radvāja m. patr. fr. bharad-vāja, g. bidādi
N. of various men (esp. of supposed authors of hymns, viz. of Ṛjiśvan, Garga, Nara, Pāyu, Vasu, Śāsa, Śirimbiṭha, Śuṇahotra, Sapratha, Su-hotra q.v.; but also of others, e.g. of Droṇa, of Agastya, of Śaunya, of Sukeśan, of Satya-vāha, of Śūṣa Vāhneya, of one of the 7 Ṛṣis, of a son of Bṛhas-pati &c., and of many writers and teachers pl. of a Vedic school), [RAnukr.]; [MBh.]; [Cat.]; [IW. 146, 161] &c.