bhā́ratī (ī), f. See below
f. of °rata
a female descendant of Bharata, [L.]
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.]