भक्ति [ bhakti ] [ bhaktí ] f. distribution , partition , separation Lit. RV. Lit. TāṇḍBr. ( cf. [ kṣetra- ] , [ bhaṅgī-bh ] )

  a division , portion , share Lit. AitBr.

  a division of a Sāman (also called [ vidhi ] , of which 7 or 5 are enumerated) Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. Śaṃk. ( 743,1 )

  division by streaks or lines Lit. Ragh.

  a streak , line , variegated decoration Lit. Hariv. Lit. Kāv.

  a row , series , succession , order ( [ °tyā ] ind. and [ °ti-tas ] ind. in succession) Lit. RPrāt.

  (ifc.) the being a part of ( [ ajbhakteḥ ] , " on the part of the vowels " ) , belonging to Lit. Siddh.

  that which belongs to or is contained in anything else , an attribute Lit. Nir. Lit. Prāt.

  predisposition (of body to any disease) Lit. Car.

  attachment , devotion , fondness for , devotion to ( with loc. , gen. or ifc.) , trust , homage , worship , piety , faith or love or devotion (as a religious principle or means of salvation , together with [ karman ] , " works " , and [ jñāna ] , " spiritual knowledge " ; cf. Lit. IW. 326 Lit. RTL. 97) Lit. ŚvetUp. Lit. Bhag. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pur.

  (ifc.) assumption of the form of Lit. Megh. 61

  often w.r. for [ bhaṅgi ] or [ bhukti ]

  [ bhaktyā ] ind. not in the regular sense , figuratively Lit. Śaṃk.

  ind. , see [ bhakti ] , in succession