भक्ति

See also: भक्ती, भक्तों, भक्तो, and भक्त

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit भक्ति (bhaktí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʱək.t̪iː/
• Rhymes: -əkti

Noun

भक्ति • (bhakti) f (Urdu spelling بھکتی‎)

1. devotion
2. constancy
3. faith, faithfulness
4. reverence
5. devoutness
6. adoration, fidelity

Related terms

• भक्त (bhakt)

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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

1. 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”)

2. division, portion, share
3. a division of a सामन् (sāman) (also called विधि (vidhi), of which 7 or 5 are enumerated)
4. division by streaks or lines
5. streak, line, variegated decoration
6. row, series, succession, order

   भक्त्या (bhaktyā) and भक्तितस् (bhakti-tas, “in succession”)

7. (at the end of a compound) the being a part of, belonging to

   अज्भक्तेः (ajbhakteḥ, “on the part of the vowels”)

8. that which belongs to or is contained in anything else, an attribute
9. predisposition (of body to any disease)
10. attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to; bhakti
11. (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”))
12. (at the end of a compound) assumption of the form of
13. often wrong reading for भङ्गि (bhaṅgi) or भुक्ति (bhukti)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of भक्ति
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

• Bengali: ভক্তি (bhôkti)
• English: bhakti
• Gujarati: ભક્તિ (bhakti)
• Hindi: भक्ति (bhakti)
• Kannada: ಭಕ್ತಿ (bhakti)
• Malay: bakti
• Malayalam: ഭക്തി (bhakti)
• Marathi: भक्ती (bhaktī)
• Oriya: ଭକ୍ତି (bhôkti)
• Tamil: பக்தி (pakti)
• Telugu: భక్తి (bhakti)
• Thai: ภักดี (pák-dii)
• Urdu: بھکتی‎ (bhakti)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “भक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0743.