bhara

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[apte] a. [bhṛ-ap] Bearing, grant- ing, supporting, &c. (at the end of comp.). --raḥ 1 A burden, load, weight; khuratraye bharaṃ kṛtvā Pt. 1 ‘sup- porting himself on his three hoofs’; phalabharapariṇāmaśyāmajaṃbū &c. U. 2. 20; bharavyathā Mu. 2. 18. --2 A great num- ber, large quantity, collection, mul- titude; dhatte bharaṃ kusumapatraphalāvalīnāṃ Bv. 1. 94, 54; Śi. 9. 47. --3 Bulk, mass. --4 Excess;...

[mw] mf (A) n. (bhṛ) bearing, carrying, bringing 747,2 148665 mf (A) n. bestowing, granting 747,2 148666 mf (A) n. maintaining, supporting (mostly ifc.; cf. ṛtam-, kulam-, deham-, vājam-bh and c.) 747,2 148667 m. (ifc. f (A).) the act of bearing or carrying &c 747,2 148668

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a. [bhṛ-ap] Bearing, grant- ing, supporting, &c. (at the end of comp.). --raḥ 1 A burden, load, weight; khuratraye bharaṃ kṛtvā Pt. 1 ‘sup- porting himself on his three hoofs’;...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

458

Texts Appeared In

66

DCS: a family sacrifice | Monier-Williams: of a prince, VP.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 160 34.9%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 37 8.1%
3. Viṣṇupurāṇa 23 5.0%
4. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 19 4.1%
5. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 19 4.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bhāraṃ

  bhuvo 'vatārayad bhāraṃ javiṣṭhaṃ janayan kalim

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bhāram

  kṛtvā nimittam itaretarataḥ sametān hatvā nṛpān niraharat kṣitibhāram īśaḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bhāra

  bhūbhārarājapṛtanā yadubhir nirasya guptaiḥ svabāhubhir acintayad aprameyaḥ