Bhakti Bhakti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Bhakti is from the Sanskrit Bhaktī. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Bhakti is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Bhaktī devotion-Devi + Sanskrit bhaj share + foundational central Bhakti foundational-central-Sanskrit-Devotion Loving-Surrender-to-Bhagavān foundational-central-Vaishnava-central-Doctrine + foundational central Bhakti-Yoga foundational-central-1-of-4-Yogas of-Bhagavad-Gita Karma-Yoga + Jñāna-Yoga + Bhakti-Yoga + Rāja-Yoga foundational-central-Krishnas-Path + foundational central Nārada-Bhakti-Sūtras foundational-central-Sanskrit-Bhakti-classic by Nārada 84-Sūtras foundational-central-Bhakti-Prema-definition sā tv asmin parama-prema-rūpā + foundational central Śāṇḍilya-Bhakti-Sūtras foundational-central-Sanskrit-Bhakti-classic 100-Sūtras by Śāṇḍilya foundational-central-Bhakti-definition Sā parānuraktir īśvare + foundational central 9-Types-of-Bhakti foundational-central-Nava-Vidhā-Bhakti Śravaṇa-hearing + Kīrtana-chanting + Smaraṇa-remembering + Pāda-Sevana-serving-feet + Arcana-worshipping + Vandana-prostrating + Dāsya-servanthood + Sakhya-friendship + Ᾱtma-Nivedana-total-surrender foundational-central-Nava-Vidha-Bhakti in Bhāgavata Purana 7.5.23-24 by Prahlāda foundational-central + foundational central Bhāgavata Purana 12-Cantos 335-Chapters 18000-verses foundational-central-Bhakti-Vaishnava-classical foundational-central-3rd-of-Prasthana-Trayi with-Vedas + Bhagavad-Gita + Bhāgavata + foundational central 5-Bhāvas foundational-central-Bhakti-Relationships toward-Bhagavān Śānta-peaceful + Dāsya-servant + Sakhya-friendship + Vātsalya-parental + Mādhurya-conjugal foundational-central-5-Bhakti-Bhavas + foundational central Rūpa-Gosvāmī 1489-1564 CE Bhakti-Rasāmṛta-Sindhu foundational-central-Gaudiya-Vaishnava-Bhakti-classic 4-Bibhāgas Vidhi-Bhakti + Prīti-Bhakti + Vātsalya-Bhakti + Ujjvala-Nīlamaṇi Mādhurya-Rasa foundational-central + foundational central 12-Ᾱlvārs foundational-central-Tamil-Bhakti-Poets Nammalvar + Andal + Tirumangai-Alvar + 63-Nāyanmārs foundational-central-Tamil-Shaiva-Bhakti + foundational central Bhakti-Movement foundational-central-medieval-Sanskrit-Bhakti-tradition Rāmānujā-Sri-Vaishnava 11-c. + Madhvāchārya-Dvaita 13-c. + Nimbārka-Dvaitādvaita + Vallabhāchārya-Suddhādvaita 15-c. + Caitanya-Gaudiya-Vaishnava 1486-1534 + Mirabai + Tulsidas + Kabir + Ravidas + Namdev + Ekanath + Tukaram + Surdas + Ravidasa foundational-central-Bhakti-Movement + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 9:14 satataṃ kīrtayanto māṃ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaś ca māṃ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate + 12:2 mayy āveśya mano ye māṃ nitya-yuktā upāsate + 18:65 man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṃ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo si me + 18:55 bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ + foundational pan-Vaishnava-Bhakti heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.