As a Hindi name
भारद्वाज · noun · masculine
भरद्वाज के कुल में उत्पन्न पुरुष · द्रोणाचार्य · मंगल ग्रह — Śabdasāgara
भारद्वाज · bhāradwāj · s.m.
A skylark; wild cotton; a bone — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 178
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
patr. fr. bharad-vāja, g. bidādi
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
bhāradvāja mf(ī)n. coming from or relating to Bharad-vāja, ŚBr. &c. &c.
bhāradvāja m. patr. fr. bharad-vāja, g. bidādi
N. of various men (esp. of supposed authors of hymns, viz. of Ṛjiśvan, Garga, Nara, Pāyu, Vasu, Śāsa, Śirimbiṭha, Śuṇahotra, Sapratha, Su-hotra q.v.; but also of others, e.g. of Droṇa, of Agastya, of Śaunya, of Sukeśan, of Satya-vāha, of Śūṣa Vāhneya, of one of the 7 Ṛṣis, of a son of Bṛhas-pati &c., and of many writers and teachers pl. of a Vedic school), RAnukr.; MBh.; Cat.; IW. 146, 161 &c.
the planet Mars, L.
a skylark, Pañcat.
Alternative readings
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