[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.752 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.752 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.752 - **Language:** English ### [c6.752](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.752) \*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). - [Previous: c6.751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.751) - [Next: c6.753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.753) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.752](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.752) · Pramāṇa