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Etymology
From the root भुज् (bhuj, “to eat; enjoy, feel”) + -तृ (-tṛ).
Pronunciation
Noun
भोक्तृ • (bhoktṛ) stem, m (feminine भोक्त्री)
- (also figuratively) eater (one who eats)
- Synonyms: अत्तृ (attṛ), अशितृ (aśitṛ), अश्मन् (aśman), भक्षक (bhakṣaka), खादक (khādaka), खादितृ (khāditṛ)
c. 400 BCE,
Mahābhārata 3.188.25.1:
- पिता पुत्रस्य भोक्ता च पितुः पुत्रस्तथैव च ।
- pitā putrasya bhoktā ca pituḥ putrastathaiva ca.
- A father is the eater of his son, and similarly the son is the food.
c. 400 BCE,
Mahābhārata 12.136.160.1:
- अहमन्नं भवान् भोक्ता दुर्बलोऽहं भवान् बली ।
- ahamannaṃ bhavān bhoktā durbaloʼhaṃ bhavān balī.
- I am your prey and you are the eater; I am weak, you are mighty.
c. 800 CE – 950 CE,
Nārāyaṇa,
Hitopadeśa 1.54.5:
- अहमन्नं भवान् भोक्ता कथं प्रीतिर्भविष्यति ॥
- ahamannaṃ bhavān bhoktā kathaṃ prītirbhaviṣyati.
- I am your prey and you are the eater; how will there be amity?
- enjoyer, experiencer; consumer
c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE,
Caraka,
Caraka Saṃhitā 4.1.47.2:
- कर्ता भोक्ता न स पुमानिति केचिद्व्यवस्थिताः ॥
- kartā bhoktā na sa pumāniti kecidvyavasthitāḥ.
- They do not believe in a Self who is the doer and the enjoyer.
c. 1000,
Somadeva,
Kathāsaritsāgara 5.3.226.2:
- भोक्तुर्विद्याधरत्वस्य कारणं गृह्यतामयम् ॥
- bhokturvidyādharatvasya kāraṇaṃ gṛhyatāmayam.
- Take this, which would enable the consumer to obtain the rank of a Vidyādhara.
- king, ruler, protector
- Synonyms: नृप (nṛpa), अधिपति (adhipati), भूप (bhūpa), भूपति (bhūpati), राजन् (rājan)
- lover, husband
- Synonyms: प्रणयिन् (praṇayin), दयित (dayita), इष्ट (iṣṭa), रमण (ramaṇa), प्रेष्ठ (preṣṭha), कान्त (kānta), वल्लभ (vallabha)
Declension
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “भोक्तृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 760, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhoktṛ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भोक्तृ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1212