Bharata
Bharata
Bharata is a name used for more than one person, land and text in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Bharata Cakravartī: the eldest of the hundred sons of Ṛshabhadeva, the emperor for whom Bhārata-varsha is named, who through his love for a fawn was born again as a deer and then as the brāhmaṇa Jaḍabharata. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapters 4–5, 7–15; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 107, 380; Vishṇu Purāṇa, Dvitīyāṃśa, Chapters 13–14
- Bharata, Son of Dushyanta: the son of Dushyanta and Śakuntalā, the cakravartī of the Paurava line, born as an aṃśa of Śrī Hari, who performed 133 aśvamedha yajñas. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 12; Skandha 9, Chapters 20–21; Skandha 12, Chapter 12; Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Sambhava Parva, Chapters 62–74; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 13, 278; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 3; Uttara Parva, Chapter 83
- Bharata, Son of Daśaratha: the son of Daśaratha and Kaikeyī, who refused the throne of Ayodhyā and ruled it in the name of Śrī Rāma’s pādukās. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, Chapters 67–112; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 5–6, 10–11; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 2, Chapter 7; Skandha 6, Chapter 8; Skandha 9, Chapters 10–11; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapter 24; Uttara Parva, Chapter 100
Places
- Bhārata Varsha: the sacred land of Bhārata, one of the varshas of Jambū-dvīpa, south of the Himālaya with the ocean to the south; one of the varshas that Parīkshit conquered in his digvijaya. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 3, 16; Skandha 5, Chapters 4, 6–7, 16–17, 19; Mahābhārata, Bhīshma Parva, Chapters 9–10; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 107–109, 118; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 19; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapter 4; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapters 1, 4–6; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapters 1–23; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Sections 2, 4; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 2, 6; Uttara Parva, Chapters 5–6, 103
Texts
- Mahābhārata: the Bhārata, the great itihāsa composed by Vyāsa Maharshi wishing to describe the qualities of Bhagavān Śrī Hari. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 3–5; Skandha 3, Chapter 5; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 1, 4, 93; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 7–8; Bhāga 2, Chapters 3–5; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Section 1; Uttara Parva, Chapters 73–74, 174