Bharga, Bhārga: 17 definitions
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Bharga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata PuranaBharga (भर्ग):—Son of Vītihotra (son of Sukumāra). His son was called Bhārgabhūmi. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.17.9)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Bharga (भर्ग).—Grandson of Divodāsa, a King of the Pūru line. Divodāsa got a son named Pratardana. Bharga and Vatsa were the sons of Pratardana. (Chapter 278, Agni Purāṇa).
2) Bharga (भर्ग).—A synonym of Śiva.
3) Bharga (भर्ग).—A village of ancient India. (Śloka 51, Chapter 9, Bhīṣma Parva, Mahābhārata).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Bharga (भर्ग).—A son of Vītihotra and father of Bhārgabhūmi.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 17. 9.
1b) A son of Vanhi and father of Bhānuman.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 23. 16.
1c) Enabled Arjuna to conquer the Nivātakavacas;1 a Devata.2
2a) Bhārga (भार्ग).—A son of Vītihotra, and father of Bhārgabhūmi.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa N. 8. 20.
2b) A son of Vanhi and father of Bhānu.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 16. 3.
Bhārga (भार्ग) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.49, II.27.10) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Bhārga) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Source: archive.org: Hindu MathematicsBharga (भर्ग) represents the number 11 (eleven) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 11—bharga] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
India history and geography
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismBharga (भर्ग) or Bhagga was an ancient state dependent of Vatsa or Vaṃsa: one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas of the Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—The kingdom of the Vaṃsas or Vatsas is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya as one of the sixteen great countries of India. The Bhagga (i.e. Bharga) state of Suṃsumāragiri was a dependency of the Vatsa kingdom (Jātaka No. 353). This is confirmed by the Mahābhārata and the Harivaṇśa which testify to the close association of these two realms.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryBharga.—(IE 7-1-2), ‘eleven’. Note: bharga is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBharga (भर्ग).—
1) Name of Śiva.
2) Of Brahman.
3) Radiance, lustre; आदित्यान्तर्गतं वर्चो भर्गाख्यं तन्मुमुक्षुभिः (ādityāntargataṃ varco bhargākhyaṃ tanmumukṣubhiḥ) Yogiyājñavalkya.
4) Roasting.
Derivable forms: bhargaḥ (भर्गः).
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Bhārga (भार्ग).—A king of the Bhargas.
Derivable forms: bhārgaḥ (भार्गः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBharga (भर्ग).—m. pl. (= Pali Bhagga; possibly to be iden-tified with Sanskrit Bharga or Bhārga, Mahābhārata Cr. ed. 2.27.10; 6.10.49), name of a people, whose capital was Śuśumāragiri, q.v.: Divyāvadāna 181.22 ff.; 189.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBharga (भर्ग).—m.
(-rgaḥ) 1. A name of Siva. 2. Light, lustre. 3. A name Brahma. 4. Cooking, frying. E. bhrasj to fry, aff. lyuṭ; having scorched Kamadeva to ashes, with a look.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBharga (भर्ग).—i. e. bhrāj, or bhṛj, + a, m. Śiva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBharga (भर्ग).—[masculine] = seq., a man’s name, [plural] [Name] of a people.
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Bhārga (भार्ग).—[masculine] [Name] of a man, [plural] of a people.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bharga (भर्ग):—m. (√bhṛj) radiance, splendour, effulgence, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) Name of Rudra-Śiva, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Prabodha-candrodaya] (as Name of the number 11 [Gaṇitādhyāya])
3) of Brahmā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) of a man with the [patronymic] Prāgātha (author of [Ṛg-veda viii, 49; 50]), [Anukramaṇikā]
5) of a king, the son of Veṇu-hotra, [Harivaṃśa]
6) of a son of Vītihotra, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
7) of a son of Vahni, [ib.]
8) ([plural]) Name of a people, [Mahābhārata]
9) n. Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
10) Bhārga (भार्ग):—m. a king of the Bhargas, [Pāṇini 4-1, 178]
11) Name of a son of Pratardana, [Harivaṃśa] ([varia lectio] bhārgava)
12) of a king also called Bharga, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
13) [plural] Name of a people, [Mahābhārata] ([Bombay edition] bhargāḥ)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBharga (भर्ग):—(rgaḥ) 1. m. A name of Shiva; Brahmā; lustre; cooking.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBharga (ಭರ್ಗ):—
1) [noun] great brightness; radiance; brilliance; effulgence.
2) [noun] Rudra; Śiva.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 216 - Complete instruction relating to Gāyatrī
Chapter 278 - The description of the lineage of Puru (puruvaṃśa)
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 12 - Savitṛ (the Bestower of Wisdom and Intelligence) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Part 9 - Savitṛ (the Stimulator) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter VIII - Lineage of Ayu and origin of Dhanvantari < [Book IV]
Topographical Lists from the Mahābhārata < [Book II]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)