Bharati [bhṛ, cp. Lat. fero, Gr. fe/rw, Av. baraiti, Oir. berim, Goth. bairan=to bear, Ger. gebāren. Dhtm expls simply by "bharena"] to bear, support, feed, maintain Jv.260 (mama bharatha, ahaŋ bhattā bhavāmi vo; C. explns as "maŋ icchatha"). -- pp. bhata. See also bhaṭa, bhara, bharita, and Der. fr. bhār˚. A curious Passive form is anu -- bhīramāna (ppr.) M iii.123 (chatta: a parasol being spread out), on which see Geiger, P.Gr. § 52, 5; 175 n. 3, 191.