Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records bhaṭṭa with the sense “venerable scholar”. Bhaṭṭa has both a respectful title sense and the adjective sense venerable. The title can stand before or after a personal name in the dictionary examples. भट्ट writes a doubled retroflex consonant, represented by the final tt in Bhatt; the Latin spelling usually leaves off the final Sanskrit vowel. The title and adjective remain distinct senses.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword bhaṭṭa, page 745, column 1, entry L148108 · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword bhaṭṭa, page 745, column 1, entry L148113

Literal dictionary sense

bhaṭṭa: Venerable.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword bhaṭṭa, page 745, column 1, entry L148113

bhaṭṭa: Scholar.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword bhaṭṭa, page 745, column 1, entry L148108

Native-script forms

भट्ट · Devanagariભટ્ટ · Gujarati

Sources and attribution

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