Bharata भरत (Sanskrit lit. "to be maintained") may refer to: Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ...

• a name of Agni
• a name of Rudra
• name of a Manu, according to the Vishnu Purana, the one after whom Bhārata "India" was named.
• Bharata (emperor), a celebrated hero and monarch of India, first of twelve Cakravartins ("universal emperors")
• Bharata (Ramayana), a son of Dasharatha, younger brother of Rama
• Bharata (Bhagavata), the eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by name Rishabha according to the Bhagavata Purana
• Bharata Muni, the author of the Natyashastra

Bhārata/Bhārat भारत ("descended from Bharata") may refer to: Chinese (Wu Xing) Japanese (Godai) Earth (地) | Water (æ°´) | Fire (火) | Air / Wind (風) | Void / Sky / Heaven (空) Hinduism (Tattva) and Buddhism (MahābhÅ«ta) Vayu / Pavan — Air / Wind Agni / Tejas — Fire Akasha — Aether Prithvi / Bhumi — Earth Ap / Jala — Water Bön New Zealand Agni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. ... Rudra (Sanskrit: रुद्रः) (Howler) is a Rigvedic God of the storm, the hunt, death, Nature and the Wind. ... In Hinduism, Manu is a title accorded the progenitor of humankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood. ... The Vishnu Purana is one of the oldest of the Puranas (dating to maybe the 5th century), containing some 23,000 shlokas, presented as a dialogue between Parasara with his disciple Maitreya. ... Map of Epic India. ... A Chakravartin ( , a Sanskrit bahuvrihi, literally whose wheels are moving, in the sense of whose chariot is rolling everywhere without obstruction; Pali cakkavatti, also interpreted as for whom the Wheel of Dharma is turning) is a term used in Dharmic religions for an ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and... In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Bharata (Sanskrit: भरत, IAST Bharata) was the second brother of the main protagonist Lord Rama, and the son of Emperor Dasaratha and Kaikeyi of the Solar Dynasty. ... Dasaratha in Hindu mythology is the king of Ayodhya and a descendant of Raghuvamsa. ... Rama ( in IAST, in DevanāgarÄ«) or Ramachandra is a legendary or historical king of ancient India. ... In the Bhagavata purana, Bharata was the eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by the name of Rishabha Deva, who ruled over the earth. ... The Bhagavata Purana (sometimes rendered as Bhagavatha Purana), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, written c. ... Bharata Muni was an ancient Indian writer whose life has been dated differently from the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century Ad. ... Natya Shastra is the classic Indian text of theater, acting, dance, music, and gesture. ...

• the Sanskrit and Hindi (then pronounced "Bhārat") name of India.
• a name of Agni
• a rishi (the author of RV 5.27, RV 3.23)
• the Bhāratas, a Rigvedic tribe
• an early epic forming the core of the Mahabharata (comprising about a quarter of the extended epic)
• Bhāratavarsha, "king Bharata's realm" i.e. India.
• the Republic of India (properly, Bhārata Gaṇarājya भारत गणराज्य)
• Bharat merino, a breed of sheep. [1]

Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Hindi (DevanāgarÄ«: or , IAST: , IPA:  ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is also used for central government administrative purposes , along with English. ... Chinese (Wu Xing) Japanese (Godai) Earth (地) | Water (æ°´) | Fire (火) | Air / Wind (風) | Void / Sky / Heaven (空) Hinduism (Tattva) and Buddhism (MahābhÅ«ta) Vayu / Pavan — Air / Wind Agni / Tejas — Fire Akasha — Aether Prithvi / Bhumi — Earth Ap / Jala — Water Bön New Zealand Agni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. ... A rishi (Sanskrit ऋषि: ) is a Hindu saint or sage. ... The fifth Mandala of the Rigveda has 87 hymns. ... The third Mandala of the Rigveda has 62 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra. ... The Bhāratas are an Aryan tribe mentioned in the Rigveda, especially in Mandala 3 attributed to the Bharata sage Vishvamitra. ... The Indo-Aryan tribes mentioned in the Rigveda are described as semi-nomadic pastoralists, subdivided into villages (vish) and headed by a tribal chief (raja) and administered by a priestly caste. ... For the film by Peter Brook, see The Mahabharata (1989 film). ... India, as a country and nation, has three principal names, in both official and popular usage, each of which is historically and culturally significant. ... This article is about the breed of sheep. ... A breed is a domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal. ... Species See text. ...

See also

• Etymology of the names of India

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