Bharata Explained

Bharata (representing either Sanskrit: भरत|link=no or Sanskrit: भारत, and occasionally rendered as Bharat or Bharatha in informal contexts) may refer to:

• Bhārata, a name for India
• Bharata (tribe), mentioned in the Rigveda
• Bharata (Mahabharata), a legendary emperor
• Bharata (Ramayana), a Hindu prince, step-brother of Rama
• Bharata (Jainism), a figure in Jain mythology
• Bharata (sage), an ancient Indian sage who authored the Natya Shastra
• Bhārata, a term for descendants of any of the figures listed above

See also

• Bharat (disambiguation)
• Bharati (disambiguation)
• Bharti (disambiguation)
• Bhārata Mātā, the national personification of India as a mother goddess
• Bharathan (disambiguation)
• Bharathar, a Tamil caste in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Bharatha people, Bharathar in Sri Lanka
• Mahābhārata, a Sanskrit epic of ancient India
• Baratha (moth), a synonym of genus Mocis