# भद्र
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভদ্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬤ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* ভদ্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰟𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀤𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဘဒြ (Burmese script)
* ભદ્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਭਦ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌦𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦢꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂠𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಭದ್ರ (Kannada script)
* ភទ្រ (Khmer script)
* ຠທ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* ഭദ്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠᡩᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘟𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᢑᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑦿𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐡𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଭଦ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢩꢣ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆢𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖟𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* භද්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩭 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚛𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* ப⁴த்³ர (Tamil script)
* భద్ర (Telugu script)
* ภทฺร (Thai script)
* བྷ་དྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒠𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨛𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰadrás (“auspicious, fortunate, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥d-ró-s, from the root *bʰend- (“to be happy, glad”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬠𐬀𐬜𐬭𐬀 (hubaδra, “fortunate”). Alternatively, Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰadrás has been connected to Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”), from a Proto-Indo-European root *bʰed-.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɐd.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱɐd̪.ɾɐ/

### Adjective

भद्र • (bhadrá) stem
* blessed, auspicious, fortunate, prosperous, happy
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.89.1:आ नो॑ भ॒द्राः क्रत॑वो यन्तु वि॒श्वतोऽद॑ब्धासो॒ अप॑रीतास उ॒द्भिदः॑। दे॒वा नो॒ यथा॒ सद॒मिद्वृ॒धे अस॒न्नप्रा॑युवो रक्षि॒तारो॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे॥ā́ no bhadrā́ḥ krátavo yantu viśvátóʼdabdhāso áparītāsa udbhídaḥ. devā́ no yáthā sádamídvṛdhé ásannáprāyuvo rakṣitā́ro divédive.May auspicious works, unmolested, unimpeded, and subversive of foes, come to us from every quarter; may the gods, turning not away from us, but granting us protection day by day, be ever with us for our advancement.
* good, gracious, friendly, kind
* excellent, fair, beautiful, lovely, pleasant, dear

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

भद्र • (bhadrá) stem, n
* prosperity, happiness, health, welfare, good fortune

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* भद्रकाली (bhadrakālī)
* भद्रपदा (bhadrapadā)
* वीरभद्र (vīrabhadra)

#### Related terms

* भन्दते (bhandate)
* भन्दिष्ठ (bhándiṣṭha)
* सुभद्र (subhadra)
* भल्ल (bhalla)

#### Descendants

* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਭੱਦਰ (bhaddar)
* Pali: bhadda
* Tamil: பத்திரம் (pattiram)

### Noun

भद्र • (bhadrá) stem, m
* a sanctimonious hypocrite

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Proper noun

भद्र • (bhadrá) stem, m
* (Hinduism) an epithet of Shiva
* name of one of the eight principal wives of Krishna

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “bhadrá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 244
* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰend-$^1$”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 75
* ↑ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “batiz”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “भद्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0745.