Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Regularly fed by ano- ther, a dependant, retainer.
2 Fit [Page0811-c+ 57] for food.
3 Inferior, secondary (opp. mukhya), often used in the S. B. in this sense.
4 Used in a second- ary sense.
bhākta
Dictionary meanings for bhākta from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I) n. (fr. bhakta) regularly fed by another, a dependent, retainer Pa1n2. 4-4, 68 751,2 149534 mf (I) n. fit for food ib., iv, 4, 100. 095201 751,2 149535 mf (I) n., (fr. bhakti) inferior, secondary (opp. to mukhya) S3am2k.; A1pS3r. Sch. 751,2 149536 m. pl. the faithful ones, N. of a Vaishn2ava vaiṣṇava and S3aiva śaiva sect W. 095202 751,2 149537
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