Bharu

The name of a king, a country, and its capital.

See the Bharu Jātaka and Bharukaccha.

The name of the king and the country in the Suppāraka Jātaka are also identical.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from

Bharu [a dial. (inscription) word, cp. Kern, Toev. s. v.] sea, in two names for a town and a kingdom viz. Bharukaccha Nd1 155; J ii.188; iv.137, and Bharu -- raṭṭha J ii.169 sq., a kingdom which is said to have been swallowed up by the sea. -- Also in N. of the King of that country Bharu -- rājā J ii.171 (v. l. Kuru˚). -- Der. Bhārukacchaka an inhabitant of Bharukaccha DhsA 305 (so read at Expos. ii.401).

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,