Sanskrit bhaga is a term for "lord, patron", but also for "wealth, prosperity". Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical The cognate term in Avestan and Old Persian is baga, of uncertain meaning but used in a sense in which "lord, patron" might also apply. Avestan is an Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta. The Old Persian language is one of the two attested Old Iranian languages (besides Avestan) A Slavic cognate is bog "god". The semantics is similar to English lord (from hlaford "bread warden"), the idea being that it is part of the function of a chieftain or leader to distribute riches or spoils among his followers. The name Baghdad shares its origins with the Middle Persian baga (baga-data: "god given", modern persian: "Baghdad")
Personified, Bhaga is one of the Adityas, a god of wealth and marriage in Hinduism. In Hinduism, the Ādityas are a group of Devas or celestial gods the sons of Āditi and Kashyapa. Wealth derives from the old English word "weal" which means "well-being NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Virabhadra, a great powerful hero created by Shiva, once blinded him. Virabhadra (Veerabhadra ( Sanskrit: वीरभद्र IAST: Vīrabhadra) was a super being created by the wrath of Rudra ( Shiva Shiva:(pronunciation; Sanskrit: शिव Śiva, lit "Auspicious one" One of the Trimurtis Shiva is the supreme God in the Shaiva In the Rigveda Bhaga is the god who supervises the distribution of goods and destiny to each man corresponding to his merits. The Rigveda ( Sanskrit sa ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise verse" and veda "knowledge" The word apparently, is cognative to "Bhagavan" and "Bhagya", terms used in several Indian languages to refer to God & destiny respectively.
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Bhagavan, also written Bhagwan or Bhagawan, from the Sanskrit nt -stem bhaga-vant- (nominative/vocative sa भगवान्Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic