bhaktí f. distribution, partition, separation, [RV.]; [TāṇḍBr.] &c. (cf. kṣetra-, bhaṅgī-bh°)
a division, portion, share, [AitBr.]
a division of a Sāman (also called vidhi, of which 7 or 5 are enumerated), [Lāṭy.] [Śaṃk.]
division by streaks or lines, [Ragh.]
a streak, line, variegated decoration, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]
a row, series, succession, order (°tyā ind. and °ti-tas ind. in succession), [RPrāt.]
(ifc.) the being a part of (ajbhakteḥ, ‘on the part of the vowels’), belonging to, [Siddh.] &c.
that which belongs to or is contained in anything else, an attribute, [Nir.]; [Prāt.]
predisposition (of body to any disease), [Car.]
attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to (with loc., gen. or ifc.), trust, homage, worship, piety, faith or love or devotion (as a religious principle or means of salvation, together with karman, ‘works’, and jñāna, ‘spiritual knowledge’; cf. [IW. 326]; [RTL. 97]), [ŚvetUp.]; [Bhag.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c.
(ifc.) assumption of the form of [Megh. 61]
often w.r. for bhaṅgi or bhukti