भारती [ bhāratī ] [ bhāratī ] f. of [ °rata ]

  a female descendant of Bharata Lit. L.

  N. of a deity (in Lit. RV. often invoked among the Āprī deities and esp. together with Ilā and Sarasvatī accord. to Lit. Nir. viii , 13 a daughter of Āditya ; later identified with Sarasvatī , the goddess of speech) Lit. RV.

  speech , voice , word , eloquence , literary composition , dramatic art or recitation Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  ( with [ vṛtti ] ) , a partic. kind of style Lit. Daśar. Lit. Sāh. ( cf. Lit. IW. 503 n. 1)

  the Sanskṛit speech of an actor Lit. L.

  a quail Lit. L.

  Ocymum Sacrum Lit. L.

  N. of a river Lit. MBh.

  one of the 10 orders of religious mendicants traced back to pupils of Śaṃkarâcārya (the members of which add the word [ bhāratī ] to their names) Lit. W. Lit. Cat.