प्रकृति

See also: प्राकृत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti, “nature, origin”).

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakŕti) f

1. nature

Declension

Declension of प्रकृति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रकृति prakŕti	प्रकृतियाँ prakŕtiyā̃
oblique	प्रकृति prakŕti	प्रकृतियों prakŕtiyõ
vocative	प्रकृति prakŕti	प्रकृतियो prakŕtiyo

Antonyms

• संस्कृति (sanskŕti, “culture”)

Related terms

• प्राकृतिक (prākŕtik, “natural”)
• प्राकृत (prākŕt, “a Prakrit”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “प्रकृति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “प्रकृति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prʌkɾit̪i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: प्रक्रिति

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakr̥ti)

1. nature

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬓᬺᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• প্ৰকৃতি (Assamese script)
• প্রকৃতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰎𑰴𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀾𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• પ્રકૃતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੑਰਕ੍ਹਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦥꦿꦏꦽꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• ប្រក្ឫតិ (Khmer script)
• ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ (Kannada script)
• ປ຺ຣກ຺ຣິຕິ (Lao script)
• പ്രകൃതി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘎𑘵𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢉᠷᢈᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᡬᡵᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• ပြကၖတိ (Burmese script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦮𑧖𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐎𑐺𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରକୃତି (Oriya script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢒꢺꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆑𑆸𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖎𑖴𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ප්රකෘති (Sinhalese script)
• ప్రకృతి (Telugu script)
• ปฺรกฺฤติ (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཀྲྀ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒏𑒵𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.kr̩.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɐ.kr̩.t̪i/

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakṛti) m

1. nature (प्र + कृ + -क्त), literally meaning "as created/done", hence the "nature")

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakṛti) f

1. the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance (opp. to वि-कृति q.v.)
2. cause original source
3. origin, extraction
4. nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition
5. fundamental form, pattern, standard, model, rule (esp. in ritual)
6. (philosophy) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or गुणs called सत्त्व, रजस्, and तमस्), Nature (distinguished from पुरुष, Spirit as माया is distinguished from ब्रह्मन् in the वेदान्तs)
7. (plural) the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (viz. अ-व्यक्त, बुद्धि or महत्, अहं-कार, and the 5 तन्-मात्रस् or subtle elements; rarely the 5 elements alone)
8. (Hinduism) a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the शक्ति or personified energy or wife of a deity, as लक्ष्मी, दुर्गा etc.; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being)
9. (in the plural) name of a class of deities under मनु रैभ्य Hariv.
10. (politics, in the plural) a king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry
11. the subjects of a king, citizens, artisans
12. the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which are usually enumerated, viz. king minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses)
13. the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (viz. the मध्यम, विजिगीषु, उदासीन, and शत्रु; to which should be added 8 remoter princes, viz. the मित्र, अरिमित्र, मित्र-मित्र, अरिमित्र-मित्र, पार्ष्णि-ग्रह, आक्रन्द, पार्ष्णिग्राहासार, आक्रन्दासास; each of these 12 kings has 5 प्रकृतिs in the form of minister, territory, fortresses, treasure, and army, so that the total number of प्रकृतिs may be 72) Mn. vii. 155, 157. Kull.
14. (grammar) the crude or elementary form of a word, base, root, an uninflected word
15. name of 2 classes of metres
16. (arithmetic) a co-efficient multiplier
17. temperament, the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation
18. (with त्रितीया) the third nature, a eunuch
19. matter, affair
20. the male or female organ of generation L.
21. a woman or womankind
22. a mother
23. an animal
24. name of a woman

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2 nd Ed. 1899
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “प्रकृति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan