[bhága-vat] adjective possessing a happy lot, fortunate, blessed; adorable, venerable, divine (epithet of gods and demi-gods), august, illustrious, holy (of saints); worshipful as a term of address in vocative (bhagavan, bhagavas (Veda, Vedic), bhagos, feminine; also equal for bhagavati, masculine plural bhagavantah) or nominative with 3 singular; masculine epithet of Vishnu or Krish na, and of Siva: -î, feminine; also equal for epithet of Lakshmî and of Durgâ; -vad-âsraya-bhûta, perfect passive participle being the seat or resting-place of the Venerable One (Vishnu).