Bharata
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Bharata भरत (Sanskrit lit. "to be maintained") may refer to:
- a name of Agni
- a name of Rudra
- a name of Manu, according to the Vishnu Purana
- 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:
- 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]
- Bharat Petroleum
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