Bharata (representing either sa, भरत or , and occasionally rendered as ''Bharat'' or ''Bharatha'' in informal contexts) may refer to:
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Bharata (tribe)
The Bharatas were an early Vedic tribe that existed in the latter half of the second millennium B.C.E.
The earliest mentioned location of the Bharatas was on the first Sarasvati River in southern Afghanistan. Under the tribal king Divodāsa, ...
, mentioned in the Rig Veda
* Bharata, an occasional epithet for the Vedic deity
Agni
Agni (English: , sa, अग्नि, translit=Agni) is a Sanskrit word meaning fire and connotes the Vedic fire deity of Hinduism. He is also the guardian deity of the southeast direction and is typically found in southeast corners of Hindu ...
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Bharata (''Mahabharata''), a legendary king
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Bharata (''Ramayana''), a Hindu deity
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Bharata chakravartin, a figure in Jain mythology
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Bharata Muni
Bharata Muni ( Hindi: भरत मुनि) was an ancient sage who the musical treatise ''Natya Shastra'' is traditionally attributed to. The work covers ancient Indian dramaturgy and histrionics, especially Sanskrit theatre. Bharata is cons ...
, an ancient Indian theatrologist and musicologist
* ''Bhārata'', a term for descendants of any of the figures listed above
* ''Bhārata'', a
name for India
See also
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Bharat (disambiguation)
Bharat, or Bharath, may refer to:
* Bharat (term), the name for India in various Indian languages
** Bharata Khanda, the Sanskrit name for the Indian subcontinent (or South Asia)
* Bharata, the name of several legendary figures or groups:
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Bhārata Mātā
Bhārat Mātā ( Mother India in English) is a national personification of India (Bharat ) as a mother goddess. In the visual arts she is commonly depicted dressed in a red or saffron-coloured sari and holding a national flag; she sometimes ...
'', the national personification of India as a mother goddess
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Bharathan
Bharathan (14 November 1946 – 30 July 1998) was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director. Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in ...
(1946–1998), Indian film maker
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Bharathar
Paravar (also known as Bharathar or Bharathakula and sometimes colloquially as 'Fernando') is a Tamil maritime community, mainly living in the state of Tamil Nadu in India and in Sri Lanka. Pandyas aka Bharathavars are the Ancient Sea Farers and ...
, a Tamil caste in Tamil Nadu, India
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Mahābhārata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuru ...
'', a Sanskrit epic of ancient India
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''Baratha'' (moth), a synonym of genus ''Mocis''
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