Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.752
Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.752
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*Bhagavat* (ML; CII 3, 4), ‘the lord’ or ‘the divine’; an epithet of divinities such as Viṣṇu, Buddha, Jinendra, Nārāyaṇa, Śiva, the Sun-god, Kārttikeya, etc; also applied to sages, etc. in the sense of ‘venerable’, e.g. to Vyāsa, the arranger of the Vedas; rarely applied to kings apparently on account of their saintliness (cf. *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXX, p. 19).