Bhārata Varṣa Explorer

उत्तरं यत्समुद्रस्य हिमाद्रेश्चैव दक्षिणम् । वर्षं तद् भारतं नाम भारती यत्र संततिः ॥

The land south of the Himalaya and north of the ocean is Bhārata, where the descendants of Bharata dwell.

Bhā + rata · sandhi

Bhārata is read from bhā (भा) — light, knowledge, radiance — and rata (रत) — devoted, absorbed. Joined by sandhi: the land devoted to the light of knowledge. Also, the land of Bharata’s people.