Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[भरं तनोति तन्-ड]

1. Name of the son of Duṣyanta and Śakuntalā, who became a universal monarch (चक्रवर्तिन्), India being called Bharatavarṣa after him. He was one of the remote ancestors of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas; Compare 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 the latter prepared to go to the forest in accordance with the wicked demand of Kaikeyī, he was very much grieved to find that his own mother had sent his brother into exile, and refusing the sovereignty that was his own, ruled the kingdom in the name of Rāma (by bringing from him his two sandals and making them the 'regents' of the realm) till he returned after his fourteen years' exile. भरतो नाम कैकेय्यां जज्ञे सत्यपराक्रमः । साक्षाद्विष्णोश्चतुर्भागः सर्वैः समुदितो गुणैः ॥ Rām.1.18.13.
3. Name of an ancient sage who is supposed to have been the founder of the science of music and dramaturgy.
4. An actor, a stage-player; तत्किमित्युदासते भरताः Māl.1.
5. A hired soldier, mercenary.
6. A barbarian, mountaineer.
7. An epithet of Agni.
8. A weaver.
9. Name of the sage Jaḍabharata.

1. masculine gender "to be or being maintained", Name of Agni अग्नि (kept alive by the care of men) fg-veda Breton Kaus3.
2. masculine gender of a particular Agni अग्नि (father of Bharata भरत and Bharati1 भरती) MBh.
3. masculine gender a priest (Equivalent to ऋत्विज्) Naigh. iii, 18
4. masculine gender an actor, dancer, tumbler Ya1jn5. Ma1lati1m. Prab.
5. masculine gender a weaver Lexicographers
6. masculine gender a hireling, mercenary Lexicographers
7. masculine gender a barbarian, mountaineer (Equivalent to शबर) Lexicographers
8. masculine gender the fire in which the rice for Bra1hmans Brahmans is boiled Lexicographers
9. masculine gender Name of Rudra रुद्र (the Maruts मरुत् s are called his sons) fg-veda ii, 36, 8
10. masculine gender of an A1ditya आदित्य Nir. viii, 13
11. masculine gender of a son of Agni अग्नि Bharata भरत MBh.
12. masculine gender of a celebrated hero and monarch of India (son of Dushyanta दुष्यन्त and S3akuntala1 शकुन्तला, the first of 12 Cakra-vartin चक्र-वर्तिन् s or Sa1rvabhaumas सार्वभौम s id est universal emperors) fg-veda Breton MBh. etc.
13. masculine gender of a son of Dhruvasam2dhi ध्रुवसंधि and father of Asita असित R.
14. masculine gender of a son of Das3aratha दशरथ and Kaikeyi1 कैकेयी (and younger brother of Ra1ma राम, to whom he was very much devoted) MBh. R. etc.
15. masculine gender of a son of R2ishabha ऋषभ, Pur.
16. masculine gender of a son of Vi1tihotra वीतिहोत्र VP.
17. masculine gender of a Manu मनु (who gave the name to the country Bha1rata भारत) ibidem
18. masculine gender of a son of Manu मनु Bhautya भौत्य Ma1rkP.
19. masculine gender of a king of As3maka अश्मक Va1s., Introduction
20. masculine gender of various teachers and authors (especially of an ancient Muni मुनि supposed author of a manual of the dramatic art called Na1t2ya-s3a1stra नाट्य-शास्त्र or Bharata-s3a1stra भरत-शास्त्र)
21. masculine gender Equivalent to Jad2abharata जडभरत (quod vide) A.
22. masculine gender Equivalent to Bharata-malli1ka भरत-मल्लीक (below)
23. masculine gender plural "the descendants of Bharata भरत", Name of a tribe fg-veda etc.
24. neuter gender plural Name of a particular Varsha वर्ष Lexicographers
25. (in compound)