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Bharata
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Bharat
Bharat, Bharath, Bharata, Bharatam, Bhārat, or Bhārata may be a transliteration of either (, lit. "to be maintained") or (, lit. "descended from ") and may refer to:
India (, Bhāratavarsha)
- Bharata (term), the original Sanskrit name for the Indian subcontinent
- Bhārat Gaṇarājya or simply "Bharat", for the Republic of India
- Bharata Mata (Mother India), the national personification of India as a mother
- Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award
- Bharata Natyam, a classical dance form originating in Tamil Nadu, India
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Bharatas
Bharatas were a tribe mentioned in the Rigveda, especially in Mandala 3 attributed to the Bharata sage Vishvamitra. Scholars believe the Bharatas to be a Vedic tribe in Punjab in the second millennium B.C.E. In the "river hymn" RV 3.33, the entire Bharata rulers are described as crossing a river Yamuna. Bharatá is also used as a name of Agni (literally, "to be maintained", viz. the fire having to be kept alive by the care of men), and as a name of Rudra in RV 2.36.8.
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Bharata
Bharata, Bharata-varsha bharata-varsa (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root bhri to uphold, bear, carry, supporting, producing + varsha plains, lowlands, land] The ancient Hindu name for India; Bharata was a name borne also by many divinities as well as great men, heroes, and men of less note. In the Mahabharata, the celebrated hero who was the son of Dushyanta and Sakuntala was named Bharata, the first of twelve Chakravartins.
In theosophical literature Bharata has also been applied to an ancient sacred land. " 'Happy are those who are born, even from the condition of gods, as men, in Bharata-Varsha!' exclaim the incarnated gods themselves, during the Third Root-Race. Bharata is India, but in this case it symbolized the chosen land in those days, and was considered the best of the divisions of Jambu-dwipa, as it was the land of active (spiritual) works par excellence; the land of initiation and of divine knowledge" (SD 2:369).
Bharata (Sanskrit) Son or descendant of Bharata, applied to any of the descendants of King Bharata.
In theosophical literature Bharata has also been applied to an ancient sacred land. " 'Happy are those who are born, even from the condition of gods, as men, in Bharata-Varsha!' exclaim the incarnated gods themselves, during the Third Root-Race. Bharata is India, but in this case it symbolized the chosen land in those days, and was considered the best of the divisions of Jambu-dwipa, as it was the land of active (spiritual) works par excellence; the land of initiation and of divine knowledge" (SD 2:369).
Bharata (Sanskrit) Son or descendant of Bharata, applied to any of the descendants of King Bharata.
