भट्टारक mfn. (
-कः-का-कं) Venerable, respectable, entitled to reverence or to homage.
m. (
-क्तः)
1. A sage, a Muni or saint.
2. A deity.
3. (In theatrical language,) A king.
4. The sun.
5. A term especially applied to a Bauddha teacher.
E. भट to nourish, aff.
क्विप्, तृ to pass, aff.
खुल् and
त changed to
ट; otherwise
ROOTS:
भट क्विप् तृ खुल् त ट;
with
टल् to be con- fused, the same aff., and
ल changed to
ष; a cherisher and punisher, a distributor of rewards and punishments; again,
भट्ट said here to mean, authority
ऋ to go to or obtain,
अण् aff.
कन् added.