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Definition of Bhakta
1. one who practices bhakti [n -S] - See also: bhakti
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bhakta
| bezzles bezzling bezzy bg bglii bhagat bhagats bhagee bhagees bhajan | bhajans bhajee bhajees bhaji bhajis bhakta (current term) bhaktas bhakti bhaktis bhang | bhangra bhangras bhangs bharal bharals bhat bheestie bheesties bheesty |
Literary usage of Bhakta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theosophist by Theosophical Society (Madras, India) (1900)
"The bhakta, when by this course he gets perfect indifference towards other pleasures,
... The bhakta, when he begins, has no other end except Bhakti itself. ..."
2. Indian Theism from the Vedic to the Muhammadan Period by Nicol Macnicol (1915)
"Whenever the eye sees the visible, then (the bhakta) sees there God Himself.
Thus by the means of worship he offers up his vision ..."
3. Bhagavad-Gita As It Is by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda (1989)
"... -bhakta, engaged as parent; and (5) madhurya-bhakta, engaged as conjugal lover
of the Supreme Lord. In any of these ways, the pure devotee is always ..."
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