India (Bengal and Assam) : Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit
bhạṭtāčārya, from bhạṭta ‘learned
one’ (see Bhatt) and āčārya ‘teacher’,
‘preceptor’ (see Acharya). Originally, it was a title given to
a learned man or a celebrated teacher.
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