MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhagavat mean?
Bhagavat is associated with Bhagavan, the revered or blessed lord. The derivative bhāgavata is familiar from the Bhagavata Purana and its devotional vocabulary.
Pronunciation
IAST: bhāgavata
Meaning themes
literaturedevotion
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भागवत
Letter-by-letter: bhāgavata
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhagavat in Indian usage
56,369 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 20,867 records (37%).
- Recorded as male: 35,502 records (63%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,580 |
| 1940s | 5,241 |
| 1950s | 7,756 |
| 1960s | 10,603 |
| 1970s | 11,704 |
| 1980s | 11,398 |
| 1990s | 6,355 |
| Other decades | 732 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 36,027 |
| Bihar | 7,730 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,161 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,415 |
| Jharkhand | 1,919 |
| Gujarat | 414 |
| Uttarakhand | 335 |
| Punjab | 179 |
| Other states | 189 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, bhāgavata, p. 751,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.