भक्ति bhakti

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Religious devotion, adoration, loving faith, piety, devoted service.
(Bābā) Bhakti, the system of worship based on faith in God, devotion and love for Him, devoid however of the true knowledge (gyan) about Him.

Usual translation

devotion
bhakti

Origin of the definition

भक्ति bhakti. Bhakti, the system of worship based on faith in God, devotion and love for Him, devoid however of the true knowledge (gyan) about Him.

भक्ति bhakti bhakti (nf) devotion; ~परायण devoted, given to devotion; hence ~परायणता (nf); -पात्र deserving devotion; ~पूर्वक devotedly; in a devoted manner; ~प्रवण engrossed in devotion, devout; hence ~प्रवणता (nf); -भाजन see -पात्र; —मार्ग the path of devotion (one of the three paths prescribed for the achievement of human salvation; the other two being ज्ञान and योग); hence ~मार्गी (a and nm); ~योग realisation of the ultimate aim through devotion; —रस intense love towards God (some Indian Poeticians have credited this emotion of भक्ति (devotion) with potentialities of flowering and culminating into a rasa (भक्ति रस) over and above the traditionally accepted nine rasas).

1भक्ति bhakti [S.], f. religious devotion; adoration; loving faith, piety; devoted service. — भक्ति-काल, m. a period (as in Hindi literature) defined as especially characterised by religious devotion. भक्तिमान, adj. devoted; devout, pious. भक्तिमार्ग, m. the path of devotion. भक्तिवाद, m. adherence to bhakti; devotionalism. भक्ति-रस, m. savour of bhakti: the essential quality of bhakti as analysed by Caitanya and other theologians. भक्त्यानंद [˚ti + ā˚], m. Brbh. bliss of devotion.