Bharatavakya, Bharatavākya, Bharata-vakya: 4 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bharatavakya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bharatavākya (भरतवाक्य).—the last verse or verses in a drama, a sort of benediction (said to be in honour of Bharata, the founder of the dramatic science); तथापीदमस्तु भरत- वाक्यम् (tathāpīdamastu bharata- vākyam) (occurring in every play); cf. Nāg.5 (end.)

Derivable forms: bharatavākyam (भरतवाक्यम्).

Bharatavākya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bharata and vākya (वाक्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bharatavākya (भरतवाक्य).—[neuter] epilogue, lit. speech of Bharata ([drama]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bharatavākya (भरतवाक्य):—[=bharata-vākya] [from bharata > bhara] n. ‘speech of Bh°’ Name of the last verse or verses of a play (preceded almost always by the words tathāpīdam astu bharata-vākyam)

2) [v.s. ...] Name of [chapter] of [Rāmāyaṇa vii, and; Padma-purāṇa iv.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bharatavakya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bharatavākya (ಭರತವಾಕ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] the last verse or verses of a play.

2) [noun] (fig.) the final word or decisive, conclusive statement.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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