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Bhattikavya
Bhattikavya, also called Ravanavadha, is a Sanskrit mahakavya by the poet Bhatti, written around the sixth century, that retells Rama's story while illustrating Panini's grammar and Sanskrit poetics.
Bhaṭṭotpala
Bhaṭṭotpala (भट्टोत्पल), also called Utpala, was a tenth-century Hindu astronomer from Kashmir whose commentaries, dated around 966 CE, transmitted the works of Varāhamihira and Brahmagupta.
Bhaukaal
Bhaukaal is a 2020 Hindi crime drama web series created by Harman Baweja, starring Mohit Raina as IPS officer Naveen Sikhera, the new SSP fighting the Shaukeen gang and Dedha brothers in Muzaffarnagar; two seasons on MX Player.
Bhauma-Kara dynasty
The Bhauma-Kara dynasty (भौम-कर) was a Buddhist dynasty that ruled coastal Odisha from the eighth to the tenth century, notable for its sequence of ruling queens.
Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure
Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure, born 1950, is an Indian Shiv Sena politician who represents Shirdi in the Lok Sabha, having earlier served from 2009 to 2014.
Bhausahebanchi Bakhar
Bhausahebanchi Bakhar (भाऊसाहेबांची बखर) is a Marathi bakhar of the Peshwa period, written around 1762–63, narrating Sadashivrao Bhau's career from 1753 to 1761 and the Third Battle of Panipat.
Bhava kavitvam
Bhava kavitvam (భావ కవిత్వం, "poetry of feeling") is the romantic lyric school of modern Telugu poetry, active from about 1910 to 1940, whose leading figures were Rayaprolu Subbarao and Devulapalli Krishna Sastri.
Bhavabhuti
Bhavabhuti (भवभूति) was a Sanskrit dramatist and poet from Vidarbha, active around 700 to 730 CE at the court of Yashovarman of Kanauj, best known for the plays Mahaviracharita, Malatimadhava, and Uttararamacharita.
Bhavacakra
The bhavacakra, or Wheel of Life, is a Buddhist painted diagram of samsara, the round of rebirth, prescribed for monastery entrances and still painted at almost every Tibetan monastery.
Bhavadattavarman
Bhavadattavarman (भवदत्तवर्मन्) was a king of the Nala dynasty, which ruled the Bastar region of present-day Chhattisgarh in the late 5th century, and campaigned against the Eastern Vakataka realm.
Bhavai (रावण लीला)
Bhavai (Raavan Leela) is a 2021 Hindi drama by Hardik Gajjar starring Pratik Gandhi as a villager playing Raavan in a Ramlila; retitled after backlash, hit with a CBFC show-cause notice, released 22 October 2021.
Bhavamisra
Bhavamisra (भावमिश्र) was a 16th-century Sanskrit physician and Ayurvedic author of eastern North India, probably living from 1530 to 1600, best known for compiling the Bhavaprakasha, a comprehensive medical digest.
Bhavana (കാർത്തിക മേനോൻ) (actress)
Bhavana (ഭാവന), or Karthika Menon, is an Indian actress born in 1986 in Thrissur, known for making her debut in Nammal (2002) and winning two Kerala State Film Awards.
Bhavana Balsavar
Bhavana Balsavar (also Bhavna Balsaver, born 1975, Bombay) is a Hindi television comedy actress, daughter of Shubha Khote; known for Dekh Bhai Dekh's Sunita and Zabaan Sambhal Ke's Ms. Vijaya, plus Gutur Gu and Satrangi Sasural.
Bhavanisagar Reservoir
Bhavanisagar Reservoir (Tamil: பவானிசாகர் அணை), also called the Lower Bhavani Dam, is an earthen and masonry dam on the Bhavani River in Tamil Nadu, India, built 1948 to 1955.
Bhavaprakasa
Bhavaprakasa (Bhavaprakasha, भावप्रकाश) is a 16th-century Sanskrit Ayurvedic compendium by Bhavamisra of Magada, pairing a medical samhita with the Bhavaprakasha Nighantu, a materia medica of over 500 substances in 23 categories.
Bhavaprakasha
Bhavaprakasha (भावप्रकाश), also titled Bhāvaprakāśana, is a Sanskrit treatise on dramaturgy by Śāradātanaya, securely dated to about 1175–1250 CE, covering drama, music, gesture, and costume.
Bhavarth Ramayan
Bhavarth Ramayan (भावार्थ रामायण) is Sant Eknath's Marathi rendering of the Rama story, composed between 1595 and 1599 and completed after his death by his disciple Gavba.
Bhavatharini
Bhavatharini (பவதாரிணி), 1976-2024, Indian Tamil playback singer and composer, daughter of Ilaiyaraaja, sister of Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja; won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" in Bharathi and composed Mitr, My Friend.
Bhavavarman I
Bhavavarman I was a late sixth-century king of Chenla who, with his brother Citrasena, later Mahendravarman, led the conquests from the middle Mekong into Cambodia and against Funan.
Bhavaviveka
Bhavaviveka (c. 500–570) was a Madhyamaka philosopher of southern India, known for the Prajnapradipa commentary on Nagarjuna and for arguing with independent syllogisms rather than consequences alone.
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (भवेश जोशी सुपरहीरो)
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (भवेश जोशी सुपरहीरो), 2018 Hindi vigilante film by Vikramaditya Motwane starring Harshvardhan Kapoor; a powerless masked hero fights Mumbai's water mafia; box-office flop turned cult favorite.
Bhavik Koladiya
Bhavik Koladiya is an Indian fintech entrepreneur who co-founded BharatPe with Shashvat Nakrani, incorporated in New Delhi in 2018, and later sued Ashneer Grover to reclaim shares.
Bhavin Turakhia
Bhavin Turakhia is an Indian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Directi in 1998 with his brother Divyank and leads Zeta, a banking-software company valued at $2 billion in 2025.
Bhavish Aggarwal (भाविश अग्रवाल)
Bhavish Aggarwal (भाविश अग्रवाल) is an Indian technology entrepreneur who founded Ola Cabs, the electric-scooter maker Ola Electric, and the AI company Krutrim in 2023.
Bhavit Sheth
Bhavit Sheth is an Indian engineer who co-founded Dream Sports, the parent of fantasy platform Dream11, with Harsh Jain in 2008 and serves as its COO.
Bhavitha Mandava
Bhavitha Mandava is an Indian model from Hyderabad, first Indian model to open a Chanel show (Métiers d'Art, December 2025) and first Indian Chanel House Ambassador, scouted on a Brooklyn subway in 2024 before her Bottega Veneta debut.
Bhāvnagar (district)
Bhāvnagar district (ભાવનગર), Gujarat, on the Gulf of Khambhat in Saurashtra; headquarters Bhavnagar city. 2011 population 28,80,365, 6th of 26 Gujarat districts; former Gohil princely state, Alang ship breaking, 152 km coastline.
Bhavnagar (ભાવનગર)
Bhavnagar (ભાવનગર) is a port city in Saurashtra, Gujarat, founded by Bhavsinhji Gohil in the 1720s; first princely state to join India (1948), population 643,365 (2011), known for diamond polishing, salt, and nearby Alang ship-breaking yard.
Bhavnagar State
Bhavnagar State (ભાવનગર રાજ્ય) was a princely state in Kathiawar, on the Gulf of Khambhat in present-day Gujarat, founded in 1723 and ruled by the Gohil dynasty until it merged into the Indian Union in 1948.