Bharati, ī, Bhara-a-ti: 26 definitions
Introduction:
Bharati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Bharti.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraī (भारती, “verbal style�) is the Sanskrit name for one of the four styles (ṛtپ) of dramatic performance (prayoga). According to Nāṭyaśāstra 1.41-43, the four styles were originally prepared by Bharata and presented to Brahmā (who created the Nāṭyaveda from the four Vedas).
According to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 22, there are four varieties of the verbal style:
- dz (laudation),
- 峾ܰ (the introduction),
- īٳī,
- prahasana.
One of the Four Styles (ṛtپ) of dramatic production (ṭy).—� (the Verbal)—The theatrical presentation which is characterised by a preponderating use of speech (in Skt.) and in which male characters are exclusively to be employed, is said to be in the Verbal Style (Nāṭyaśāstra XXII. 25ff.). This is applicable mainly in the evocation of the Pathetic and the Marvellous Sentiments.
: svAbhinava: Abhinava's Conception of Humorī (भारती).—The four sub-divisions of the ‘verbal� (ī) style are the dz, 峾ܰ, īٳī and prahasana (Nātya Shāstra GOS XX.27). Abhinava’s comment seems to imply that, as modes of the verbal style, the īٳī and the prahasana do not refer to particular forms of drama (but to the instances of “crooked speech� and farcical elements introduced into any play) and, as forms of drama, they are especially characterized by the verbal style, though not exhausted by it.
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)ī (भारती) or īṛtپ refers to one of the four Dramatic styles (ṛtپ) in Indian Dramas, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—There are four kinds of ṛtپs (dramatic styles) accepted in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa. The way or style of delivering speech or dialogues in a Drama is regarded as ī-ṛtپ. The Sāhityadarpaṇa also agrees on it.

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Śāktism1) ī (भारती, “Eloquence�):—One of the names of Mahāī (sattva-form of Mahādevī). Mahālakṣmī is one of the three primary forms of Devī. Not to be confused with Lakṣmī, she is a more powerful cosmic aspect (ⲹṣṭ) of Devi and represents the guṇa (universal energy) named sattva. Also see the Devī Māhātmya, a Sanskrit work from the 5th century, incorporated into the 첹ṇḍⲹ-ʳܰṇa.
2) ī (भारती, “eloquence�):—One of the names of Sarasvatī, the Hindu goddess of speech, eloquence and all forms of knowledge.
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)ī (भारती) is the name of a Goddess, according to the King Vatsarāja’s Pūjāstuti called the Kāmasiddhistuti (also Vāmakeśvarīstuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nityā.—Accordingly, “[...] May goddess ī shine upon me, I pray. She carries a rosary and a book in her hands, she has the stainless complexion of the full moon, and she embodies the entirety of knowledge. I venerate the beloved husband of Rati, the beautiful Mind-born [God Kāmadeva]. He carries a bow and arrows of flowers and his complexion resembles the petals of Dhak. [Again,] I approach the beloved husband of Prīti, bent round like the full moon, [serving as] the base for the ring of goddesses, in order to draw the Śrīcakra for the sake of prosperity. [...]�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) ī (भारती).—A famous river mentioned in the Purāṇas. It is stated in Verse 25, Chapter 222 of the Vana Parva that Agni (fire) originated in this river.
2) Bharati (भरति).—Daughter of the Agni called Bharata. (Śloka 9, Chapter 219, Vana Parva, Mahāٲ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) ī (भारती).—Is Bhāratavarṣa.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 14. 72.
1b) (Vāṇ� and Sarasvatī); wife of Prajāpati; served Lalitā with cāmara; gave the flywhisk to Gangā and entered the face of Brahmā.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 39. 70-71; Matsya-purāṇa 4. 8.
1c) A river in the Ketumālā country.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 44. 21.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuī (भारती) is another name for ī, a medicinal plant identified with two possibly species verse, according to verse 5.63-66 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (貹貹ṭād-) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (ṣu-ṣu貹). Together with the names ī and ī, there are a total of twenty-four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Chopra identifies ī with 1) Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urban. while Bāpālāl and Th. B.S. et al identify it with 2) Bacopa monnieri (Linn.) Pennell.
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsaī (भारती) refers to “speech�, as taught in the Ceṣṭita (“symptoms of snake-bites�) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—Sage Kāśyapa adds a graphic description of the features of a fatally bitten victim. Blackish-blue coloured blood oozing from the site of a fatal snake-bite, thirst, sweat, stiffness of limbs, horripilation, trembling of organs, ungainly appearance of lips and teeth, nasal speech (ī) [ī sānunāsā], loss of consciousness and disfigurement—all these are surefire signs of a fatally bitten person.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection Iī (भारती) or īstotra refers to one of the Stotras included in the manuscript of the ٲṇa (dealing with classical hymns and stotras from Jain literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature (history)ī (भारती) is the name of one of the children of ٳīś峦ⲹ (1851-1919 C.E.): a poet of modern Assam who composed Vṛttamañjarī. ٳīś峦ⲹ was the son of Keśavācārya. His maternal grandfather was Bhavadeva, resident of Nāgārakucha and belonged to ղṣṭdzٰ. ٳīś峦ⲹ is also the elder brother of Rudreśvarācārya and Upendrācārya and father of ī, Sarasvatī and Sarveśvara.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Bharati in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum tenuiflorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plectranthus monachorum Spreng. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Calyx (1999)
· Flora of the British India (1885)
· Cytologia (1981)
· Numer. List (2717)
· Alphabetische und synonymische Aufzählung (1840)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1992)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybharati : (bhar + a) bears; supports; maintains.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryBharati, (�, cp. Lat. fero, Gr. fέrw, Av. baraiti, Oir. berim, Goth. bairan=to bear, Ger. gebāren. Dhtm explains simply by “bharena�) to bear, support, feed, maintain J. V, 260 (mama bharatha, aha� bhattā bhavāmi vo; C. explanations as “ma� icchatha�).—pp. bhata. See also bhaṭa, bhara, bharita, and Der. fr. bhār°. A curious Passive form is Գ-īԲ (ppr.) M. III, 123 (chatta: a parasol being spread out), on which see Geiger, P. Gr. § 52, 5; 175 n. 3, 191. (Page 499)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) bharati (ဘရတ�) [(kri) (ကြ�)]�
ڲ++پīپ,�158.]
[ဘ�+�+တိ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။ ၁၅၈။]
2) ī (ဘာရတ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
ڲٲ+ṇa+ī
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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybharatī (भरती).—f (ṇĸ) The flux of the ocean, the tidal flow. Opp. to ōṭa or ܰ첹ī. 2 Completing, filling, loading. 3 Completed, filled, or loaded state (of ships, carts, beasts, vessels): also complement or completed state (of a number or a quantity). ī That is applied or that is required to complete or fill up. 2 Fit only to complete a quantity or number, or to fill up a cavity or space;--used of persons, animals, things.
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bharatī (भरती).—a Composed of the metal bharata.
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ī (भारती).—a Relating to ٲܰṇa.
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ī (भारती).—f (S) A name of ī the goddess of speech: hence speech. 2 Dramatic recitation or declamation. 3 m An order of the ō屹ī or an individual of it.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbharatī (भरती).�f The flux of the ocean, the tidal flow. Filling. Complement.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBharati (भरति) or Bharayati.�(in meaning 1 = AMg. bharai, bharei; denom. to Sanskrit bhara, compare Sanskrit bharita, more rarely ṛta, filled, full; § 38.37 and Chap. 43, s.v. � 2), (1) fills (up): yojanaśata� prabhāye Dīpaṃkaro bharitva (mss. °tvā) asthāsi Ѳ屹ٳ i.231.5 (verse); buddhakṣetra� aparimitam bhari- tvā ii.295.9; (na ca śaknoti, Senart em, °nonti, tani kara- ni) bharayitu� iii.427.14 (mss. haray°); (tani karani udakena) bharayetsu� (so one ms., v.l. bhavetsu�; Senart em. bharensu�) 16; (2) (compare Sanskrit ppp. ṛta, hired; otherwise recorded only in bharasva, v.l. bhajasva, mām Mahāٲ Crit. ed. 3.64.4; compare bhajasva mām 4.7.5, no v.l.), hires: dvigu- ṇayā divasamudrayā…bharayitvā (caus.?) ṇḍī첹 105.11 (prose); having (caused to be?) hired for a double daily wage; but Kashgar recension bharitvā.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryī (भारती).—f. (-ī) 1. The goddess of speech. 2. Speech, eloquence. 3. A quail. 4. A particular kind of style. E. �, atac aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ī (भरती):—[from bharata > bhara] f. Name of a daughter of Agni Bharata, [Mahāٲ]
2) [v.s. ...] of a river, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
3) ī (भारती):—[from ٲ] a f. See below
4) [from ٲ] b f. of rata
5) [v.s. ...] a female descendant of Bharata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a deity (in, [Ṛg-veda] often invoked among the Āprī deities and [especially] together with Ilā and Sarasvatī [according to] to [Nirukta, by Yāska viii, 13] a daughter of Āditya; later identified with Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
7) [v.s. ...] speech, voice, word, eloquence, literary composition, dramatic art or recitation, [Mahāٲ; Kāvya literature] etc.
8) [v.s. ...] (with ṛtپ), a [particular] kind of style, [Daśarūpa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa] (cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 503 n. 1])
9) [v.s. ...] the Sanskṛt speech of an actor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] a quail, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] Ocymum Sacrum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [Mahāٲ]
13) [v.s. ...] one of the 10 orders of religious mendicants traced back to pupils of Śaṃkarācārya (the members of which add the word ī to their names), [Horace H. Wilson; Catalogue(s)]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ī (भारती) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ī, ī.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) ī (भरती) [Also spelled bharti]:�(nf) recruitment; enrolment, admission; packing, filling or helping to fill a void; —[] redundant; filler; extraneous.
2) ī (भारती) [Also spelled bharti]:�(nf) speech; Saraswati:-the goddess of speech; letters; mother India.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBharati (ಭರತಿ):�
1) [adjective] holding or containing as much as possible; filled to the maximum extent.
2) [adjective] larger, greater or more intense than usual or normal.
3) [adjective] entire; whole.
4) [adjective] physically very strong; sturdy.
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Bharati (ಭರತಿ):�
1) [noun] the rise of the surface of oceans, seas, and the rivers, bays etc. connected with them, caused by the attraction of the moon and sun; tides.
2) [noun] abundance; plentifulness.
3) [noun] extreme degree of anything; intensity.
4) [noun] the act of filling (the blank space or spaces).
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Bharāṭi (ಭರಾಟ�):—[noun] = ಭರಾಟ� [bharate].
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Bhārati (ಭಾರತ�):�
1) [noun] something that is spoken; an utterance; speech.
2) [noun] Sarasvati, the Goddess of Speech.
3) [noun] a learned man; a scholar.
4) [noun] the last name that is appended to the names of pontiffs belonging toādi Śaṃkarācarya tradition.
5) [noun] the plant Centella asiatica ( = Hydrocotyle asiatica of Apiaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryī (भारती):—n. 1. speech; voice; words; eloquence; 2. Mythol. a title of the goddess Saraswati; the goddess of speech;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhara, Bharata, A, Ti, I, Na.
Starts with (+7): Bharati shri nrisimha, Bharati Vira, Bharatibhara, Bharatibuddhi, Bharaticamatkara, Bharaticandra, Bharatika, Bharatikavi, Bharatikavidye, Bharatikrishnacarya, Bharatikrishnatirtha, Bharatinhisanja, Bharatinirajana, Bharatipura, Bharatishrinrisimha, Bharatistotra, Bharatitirtha, Bharatitirthiya, Bharativant, Bharativat.
Full-text (+239): Bharatiyati, Brahmananda bharati, Bharatikavi, Bharatitirtha, Dvayabharati, Berijabharati, Bharatikrishnacarya, Hari bharati, Shivabharati, Bharatitirthiya, Saccidananda bharati, Sarasabharati, Bharaticandra, Bharatinirajana, Bharativritti, Bharatikrishnatirtha, Nrisimha bharati, Ramesha bharati, Bharativant, Rameshvara bharati.
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