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bhakti

bhakti noun: devotion to God.

Noun

bhakti (countable and uncountable, plural bhaktis)

  1. (Hinduism) devotion to God
    • It should be obvious by now that bhakti is not merely pious thoughts of "love" but rather fearless action. Nārada asks nothing less of the bhakta than complete surrender and complete dedication unto the will of Bhagavān. But if at any point one feels himself unable to reach the ideals taught by...1991, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Nārada-bhakti-sūtra, The Secrets of Transcendental Love, page 114
    • The offering of Bhakti is a specific activity, either mental or physical, through which a devotee can finally attain the knowledge of the Supreme Reality. So, Karma and Jñāna are not antagonistic to the Bhakti Mārga, rather, they are indispensable parts of it.2004, Muhammad Sirajul Islam, Sufism and Bhakti, A Comparative Study, page 78

Proper noun capitalized: Bhakti

Bhakti

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

bhakti meaning in Tamil and Kannada

bhakti in Tamil

bhakti, devotional path
பக்தி நெறி pakti neṟi

bhakti in Kannada

bhakti
ಭಕ್ತಿ bhakti

Forms of bhakti

pluralbhaktis

Origin of bhakti

From Sanskrit भक्ति (bhaktí).

Borrowed from Sanskrit भक्ति (bhakti).

Questions about bhakti

What does bhakti mean?
Bhakti means devotion to God.
What is bhakti in Tamil?
Bhakti in Tamil is பக்தி நெறி (pakti neṟi). See Bhakti meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bhakti?
Bhakti can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bhakti?
The plural of bhakti is bhaktis.

Words near bhakti in the dictionary

  1. bhakri
  2. bhakris
  3. bhakt
  4. bhakta
  5. bhaktas
  6. bhakti
  7. bhaktis
  8. bhakts
  9. Bhalavali Bhasha
  10. Bhalla
  11. Bhallas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bhakti (page history and authors); Bhakti (page history and authors); பக்தி நெறி (Tamil) (page history and authors); ಭಕ್ತಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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