Bharu [a dialect (inscription) word, cf. Kern, Toev. sub voce ] sea, in two names for a town and a kingdom viz. Bharukaccha Nidd I 155; Ja II 188; IV 137, and Bharu-raṭṭha Ja II 169 f., a kingdom which is said to have been swallowed up by the sea. — Also in name of the King of that country Bharu-rājā Ja II 171 (v.l. Kuru°). — derivation Bhārukacchaka an inhabitant of Bharukaccha As 305 (so read at Expositor II 401).