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Bhakti

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means In Hinduism, a path of loving, personal devotion to a deity, central to the Bhakti movement.

Where does the word "bhakti" come from? It comes from Sanskrit bhakti, adopted directly into English (19th-20th c.).

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Stage 1 of 2
bhakti
Sanskrit · ancient
"devotion, loving worship"
from a root meaning 'to share, revere, worship'
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Stage 2 of 2
bhakti
English · 19th-20th c.
"a path of loving devotion to a personal deity"
adopted in English writing on Hindu devotional practice and the Bhakti movement
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