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Bharata (Sanskrit "to be or being maintained") may be

a name of Agni
a name of Rudra
one of the Adityas
Emperor Bharata, son of Dushyanta and Shakuntalā
Bharata (Ramayana), a son of Dasharatha, younger brother of Rama
Bharata Muni, the author of the Natyashastra
Bharata (Bhagavata), the eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by name Rishabha Deva according to the Bhagavata purana

Bhārata ("descended from Bharata") may refer to

The Bhāratas, an Aryan tribe of the Rigveda
an early epic forming the core of the Mahabharata (allegedly comprising about a quarter of the extended epic)
the Republic of India (properly, Bhārata Gaṇarājya)

See also

Etymology of India

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