| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bhakti |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bhak·ti |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b k t |
| NOUN: | Hinduism The devotional way of achieving salvation, emphasizing the loving faith of a devotee for a deity and open to all persons irrespective of sex or caste. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Sanskrit bhakti , devotion, from bhajati, he apportions. See bhag- in Appendix I.
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