As a deity name
Name 33 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
भर्ता · bhartā · s.m.
Cherisher, nourisher, supporter, protector; husband, lord — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 185
भर्ता · masculine
lord, protector; husband
Cited formation "भर्ता" is भर्त + -आ: भर्त means "A mixed metal composed of copper and lead", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "भर्ता" is भर्त + -आ: भर्त means "A mixed metal composed of copper and lead", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भर्तृ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit भर्तृ (bhartṛ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bhartṛ m. (once in ŚBr. bhartṛ) a bearer [cf. Lat. fertor], one who bears or carries or maintains (with gen. or ifc.), RV.; ŚBr.; MBh.
a preserver, protector, maintainer, chief, lord, master, RV. &c. &c. (f(trī). a female supporter or nourisher, a mother, AV.; Kauś.; TBr.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a preserver, protector, maintainer, chief, lord, master, &c. &c. (trī a female supporter or nourisher, a mother, )
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member ftA unglossed)Multiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhartā" is the nominative of "bhartṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
bhartṛ m. (once in ŚBr. bhartṛ) a bearer [cf. Lat. fertor], one who bears or carries or maintains (with gen. or ifc.), RV.; ŚBr.; MBh.
a preserver, protector, maintainer, chief, lord, master, RV. &c. &c. (f(trī). a female supporter or nourisher, a mother, AV.; Kauś.; TBr.)
Alternative readings
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