भक्ति
Hindi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʱək.t̪iː/
- Rhymes: -əkti
Noun
भक्ति • (bhakti) f (Urdu spelling بھکتی)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬪᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- ভক্তি (Bengali script)
- ভক্তি (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ભક્તિ (Gujarati script)
- ꦨꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- ಭಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
- ဘက္တိ (Burmese script)
- ଭକ୍ତି (Oriya script)
- ꢩꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- భక్తి (Telugu script)
- བྷཀྟི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From the -ta participle of the verbal root भजति (bhajati, “to divide, distribute, allot or apportion to”); compare भक्त (bhaktá, “distributed, assigned, alloted”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-.
Noun
भक्ति • (bhaktí) f
- distribution, partition, separation
- क्षेत्रभक्ति (kṣetra-bhakti, “the division of a field”)
- भङ्गीभक्ति (bhaṅgī-bhakti, “division or separation into (a series of) waves or wave-like steps”)
- division, portion, share
- a division of a सामन् (sāman) (also called विधि (vidhi), of which 7 or 5 are enumerated)
- division by streaks or lines
- streak, line, variegated decoration
- row, series, succession, order
- भक्त्या (bhaktyā) and भक्तितस् (bhakti-tas, “in succession”)
- (at the end of a compound) the being a part of, belonging to
- अज्भक्तेः (ajbhakteḥ, “on the part of the vowels”)
- that which belongs to or is contained in anything else, an attribute
- predisposition (of body to any disease)
- attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to; bhakti
- (with locative, genitive or at the end of a compound) trust, homage, worship, piety, faith or love or devotion (as a religious principle or means of salvation, together with कर्मन् (karman, “works”), and ज्ञान (jñāna, “spiritual knowledge”))
- (at the end of a compound) assumption of the form of
- often wrong reading for भङ्गि (bhaṅgi) or भुक्ति (bhukti)
Declension
Feminine i-stem declension of भक्ति | |||
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Nom. sg. | भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | भक्त्याः / भक्तेः (bhaktyāḥ / bhakteḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) | भक्ती (bhaktī) | भक्तयः (bhaktayaḥ) |
Vocative | भक्ते (bhakte) | भक्ती (bhaktī) | भक्तयः (bhaktayaḥ) |
Accusative | भक्तिम् (bhaktim) | भक्ती (bhaktī) | भक्तीः (bhaktīḥ) |
Instrumental | भक्त्या (bhaktyā) | भक्तिभ्याम् (bhaktibhyām) | भक्तिभिः (bhaktibhiḥ) |
Dative | भक्त्यै / भक्तये (bhaktyai / bhaktaye) | भक्तिभ्याम् (bhaktibhyām) | भक्तिभ्यः (bhaktibhyaḥ) |
Ablative | भक्त्याः / भक्तेः (bhaktyāḥ / bhakteḥ) | भक्तिभ्याम् (bhaktibhyām) | भक्तिभ्यः (bhaktibhyaḥ) |
Genitive | भक्त्याः / भक्तेः (bhaktyāḥ / bhakteḥ) | भक्त्योः (bhaktyoḥ) | भक्तीनाम् (bhaktīnām) |
Locative | भक्त्याम् / भक्तौ (bhaktyām / bhaktau) | भक्त्योः (bhaktyoḥ) | भक्तिषु (bhaktiṣu) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “भक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0743.
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