Bharata भरत (Sanskrit lit. "to be maintained") may refer to:*a name of Agni a name of Rudra a name of Manu, according to the Vishnu Purana Bharata (emperor), a celebrated hero and monarch of India, first of twelve Cakravartins ("universal emperors") Bharata (Ramayana), a son of Dasharatha, younger brother of Rama Bharata (Bhagavata), the eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by name Rishabha according to the Bhagavata Purana Bharata Muni, the author of the Natyasha… (More on Bharat)