भक्ति

See also: भक्ती, भक्तों, भक्तो, and भक्त

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भक्ति (bhaktí).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱək.t̪iː/, [bʱɐk.t̪iː]
• Rhymes: -əkti

Noun

भक्ति • (bhakti) f (Urdu spelling بھکتی)

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

Declension

Declension of भक्ति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भक्ति bhakti	भक्तियाँ bhaktiyā̃
oblique	भक्ति bhakti	भक्तियों bhaktiyõ
vocative	भक्ति bhakti	भक्तियो bhaktiyo

Related terms

• भक्त (bhakt)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভক্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ভক্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဘက္တိ (Burmese script)
• ભક્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• ភក្តិ (Khmer script)
• ຠກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• ഭക്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଭକ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢩꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• භක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ப⁴க்தி (Tamil script)
• భక్తి (Telugu script)
• ภกฺติ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰaktíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaktíš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-. Equivalent to भज् (bhaj, “to divide, distribute, allot or apportion to”, root) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐk.tí/, [bʱɐk̚.tí]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐk.t̪i/, [ˈbʱɐk̚.t̪i]

Noun

भक्ति • (bhaktí) stem, 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 (bhaktí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भक्तिः bhaktíḥ	भक्ती bhaktī́	भक्तयः bhaktáyaḥ
Vocative	भक्ते bhákte	भक्ती bháktī	भक्तयः bháktayaḥ
Accusative	भक्तिम् bhaktím	भक्ती bhaktī́	भक्तीः bhaktī́ḥ
Instrumental	भक्त्या / भक्ती¹ bhaktyā́ / bhaktī́¹	भक्तिभ्याम् bhaktíbhyām	भक्तिभिः bhaktíbhiḥ
Dative	भक्तये / भक्त्यै² / भक्ती¹ bhaktáye / bhaktyaí² / bhaktī́¹	भक्तिभ्याम् bhaktíbhyām	भक्तिभ्यः bhaktíbhyaḥ
Ablative	भक्तेः / भक्त्याः² / भक्त्यै³ bhaktéḥ / bhaktyā́ḥ² / bhaktyaí³	भक्तिभ्याम् bhaktíbhyām	भक्तिभ्यः bhaktíbhyaḥ
Genitive	भक्तेः / भक्त्याः² / भक्त्यै³ bhaktéḥ / bhaktyā́ḥ² / bhaktyaí³	भक्त्योः bhaktyóḥ	भक्तीनाम् bhaktīnā́m
Locative	भक्तौ / भक्त्याम्² / भक्ता¹ bhaktaú / bhaktyā́m² / bhaktā́¹	भक्त्योः bhaktyóḥ	भक्तिषु bhaktíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• विभक्ति (vibhakti)

Borrowed terms

• Bengali: ভক্তি (bhokti)
• → English: bhakti
• Gujarati: ભક્તિ (bhakti)
• Hindi: भक्ति (bhakti)
• → Kannada: ಭಕ್ತಿ (bhakti)
• → Malay: bakti
  • Indonesian: bakti
• → Malayalam: ഭക്തി (bhakti)
• Marathi: भक्ती (bhaktī)
• → Old Javanese: bhakti
  • → Balinese: ᬪᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ
• Odia: ଭକ୍ତି (bhakti)
• → Tamil: பக்தி (pakti)
• → Telugu: భక్తి (bhakti)
• → Thai: ภักดี (pák-dii)
• Urdu: بھکتی (bhakti)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “भक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 743.