Bharata

Bharata (Sanskrit "to be or being maintained") may be
*a name of Agni
*a name of Rudra
*one of the Adityas
*Emperor Bharata, son of Dushyanta and Shakuntalā
*Bharata (Ramayana), a son of Dasharatha, younger brother of Rama
*Bharata Muni, the author of the Natyashastra
*Bharata (Bhagavata), the eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by name Rishabha Deva according to the Bhagavata purana

Bhārata ("descended from Bharata") may refer to
*The Bhāratas, an Aryan tribe of the Rigveda
*an early epic forming the core of the Mahabharata (allegedly comprising about a quarter of the extended epic)
*the Republic of India (properly, Bhārata Gaṇarājya)

See also

*Etymology of India

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