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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

See also

• Etymology of the names of India

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