What is "bharthari"

In Indian history and folklore, 'Raja Bharthari' , also known as "Sant" Bharthari, in many parts of India is the hero of many folk stories in North India. He was the ruler of Ujjain in the 1st century BC, before renouncing the world and abdicating in the favor of his younger brother Vikramaditya and became a follower of Guru Gorakhnath and along with his nephew Gopi Chand went to the Guru's hill abode in northern Punjab. He is sometimes identified with Bhartṛhari, a 7th-century poet.

Stories of Bharthari and his nephew King Gopi Chand of Bengal , who are considered Nath panth yogis, abound in the Indian folklore of Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. Much of the details about the lives of Bharthari and his brother Vikramaditya are from the tales of Baital Pachisi (Twenty five tales of Baital), translated as 'Vikram and The Vampire' by Sir Richard Francis Burton in 1870.

Bharthari also known as Bhartrahari or Bhartrihari is a 1944 Indian Bollywood film. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1944.