भरत [ bharata ] [ bharatá ] m. " to be or being maintained " , N. of Agni (kept alive by the care of men) Lit. RV. Lit. Br. Lit. Kauś.

  of a partic. Agni (father of Bharata and Bharatī) Lit. MBh.

  a priest (= [ ṛtvij ] ) Lit. Naigh. iii , 18

  an actor , dancer , tumbler Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Mālatīm. Lit. Prab.

  a weaver Lit. L.

  a hireling , mercenary Lit. L.

  a barbarian , mountaineer (= [ śabara ] ) Lit. L.

  the fire in which the rice for Brāhmans is boiled Lit. L.

  N. of Rudra (the Maruts are called his sons) Lit. RV. ii , 36 , 8

  of an Āditya Lit. Nir. viii , 13

  of a son of Agni Bharata Lit. MBh.

  of a celebrated hero and monarch of India (son of Dushyanta and Śakuntalā , the first of 12 Cakra-vartins or Sārvabhaumas i.e. universal emperors) Lit. RV. Lit. Br. Lit. MBh.

  of a son of Dhruvasaṃdhi and father of Asita Lit. R.

  of a son of Daśaratha and Kaikeyī (and younger brother of Rāma , to whom he was very much devoted) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  of a son of Ṛishabha , Lit. Pur.

  of a son of Vītihotra Lit. VP.

  of a Manu (who gave the name to the country Bhārata) Lit. ib.

  of a son of Manu Bhautya Lit. MārkP.

  of a king of Aśmaka Lit. Vās. , Introd.

  of various teachers and authors (esp. of an ancient Muni supposed author of a manual of the dramatic art called Nāṭya-śāstra or Bharata-śāstra)

  = Jaḍabharata ( q.v.) Lit. A.

  = Bharata-mallīka (below)

  pl. " the descendants of Bharata " , N. of a tribe Lit. RV.

  [ bharatā ] f. N. of an Apsaras Lit. VP.

  [ bharatī ] f. N. of a daughter of Agni Bharata Lit. MBh.

  of a river Lit. VP.

  [ bharata ] n. pl. N. of a partic. Varsha Lit. L.