प्रकृति

See also: प्राकृत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾək.ɾɪ.t̪iː/, [pɾɐk.ɾɪ.t̪iː]

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakŕti) f

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

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakr̥ti)

nature

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

প্ৰকৃতি (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬓᬺᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
প্রকৃতি (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰎𑰴𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀾𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ပြကၖတိ (Burmese script)
પ્રકૃતિ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਕ੍ਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦏꦽꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂍𑃂𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ (Kannada script)
ប្រក្ឫតិ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣກ຺ຣິຕິ (Lao script)
പ്രകൃതി (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠᡬᡵᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘎𑘵𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᢉᠷᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦮𑧖𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐎𑐺𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରକୃତି (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢒꢺꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆑𑆸𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖎𑖴𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රකෘති (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩜𑩙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚊𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ப்ரக்ரிதி (Tamil script)
ప్రకృతి (Telugu script)
ปฺรกฺฤติ (Thai script)
པྲ་ཀྲྀ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒏𑒵𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “pro-”) +‎ कृति (kṛ́ti, “creating”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakṛti) stem, f

the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance
Antonym: विकृति (vikṛti)
cause, original source
origin, extraction
nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition
fundamental form, pattern, standard, model, rule (especially in ritual)
(philosophy) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or गुण (guṇa)s called सत्त्व (sattva), रजस् (rajas), and तमस् (tamas)), Nature (distinguished from पुरुष (puruṣa), Spirit as माया (māyā) is distinguished from ब्रह्मन् (brahman) in the वेदान्त (vedānta)s)
(plural) the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (namely अव्यक्त (avyakta), बुद्धि (buddhi) or महत् (mahat), अहंकार (ahaṃkāra), and the 5 तन्मात्रस् (tanmātras) or subtle elements; rarely the 5 elements alone)
(Hinduism) a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the शक्ति (śakti) or personified energy or wife of a deity, as लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), दुर्गा (durgā) etc.; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being)
(in the plural) name of a class of deities under मनु रैभ्य (manu raibhya) (Hariv.)
(politics, in the plural) a king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry
the subjects of a king, citizens, artisans
the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which are usually enumerated, namely king, minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses)
the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (namely the मध्यम (madhyama), विजिगीषु (vijigīṣu), उदासीन (udāsīna), and शत्रु (śatru); to which should be added 8 remoter princes, namely the मित्र (mitra), अरिमित्र (arimitra), मित्रमित्र (mitramitra), अरिमित्रमित्र (arimitramitra), पार्ष्णिग्रह (pārṣṇigraha), आक्रन्द (ākranda), पार्ष्णिग्राहासार (pārṣṇigrāhāsāra), आक्रन्दासास (ākrandāsāsa); each of these 12 kings has 5 prakritis in the form of minister, territory, fortresses, treasure, and army, so that the total number of prakritis may be 72) Mn. vii. 155, 157. Kull.
(grammar) the crude or elementary form of a word, base, root, an uninflected word
name of 2 classes of metres
(arithmetic) a co-efficient multiplier
temperament, the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation
(with त्रितीया (tritīyā)) the third nature, a eunuch
matter, affair
the male or female organ of generation (L.)
a woman or womankind
a mother
an animal
name of a woman

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of प्रकृति
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ)	प्रकृती (prakṛtī)	प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ)
vocative	प्रकृते (prakṛte)	प्रकृती (prakṛtī)	प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ)
accusative	प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim)	प्रकृती (prakṛtī)	प्रकृतीः (prakṛtīḥ)
instrumental	प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā) प्रकृती¹ (prakṛtī¹)	प्रकृतिभ्याम् (prakṛtibhyām)	प्रकृतिभिः (prakṛtibhiḥ)
dative	प्रकृतये (prakṛtaye) प्रकृत्यै² (prakṛtyai²) प्रकृती¹ (prakṛtī¹)	प्रकृतिभ्याम् (prakṛtibhyām)	प्रकृतिभ्यः (prakṛtibhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रकृतेः (prakṛteḥ) प्रकृत्याः² (prakṛtyāḥ²) प्रकृत्यै³ (prakṛtyai³)	प्रकृतिभ्याम् (prakṛtibhyām)	प्रकृतिभ्यः (prakṛtibhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रकृतेः (prakṛteḥ) प्रकृत्याः² (prakṛtyāḥ²) प्रकृत्यै³ (prakṛtyai³)	प्रकृत्योः (prakṛtyoḥ)	प्रकृतीनाम् (prakṛtīnām)
locative	प्रकृतौ (prakṛtau) प्रकृत्याम्² (prakṛtyām²) प्रकृता¹ (prakṛtā¹)	प्रकृत्योः (prakṛtyoḥ)	प्रकृतिषु (prakṛtiṣu)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bengali: প্রকৃতি (prokriti)
→ Hindi: प्रकृति (prakŕti)
→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ (prakṛti)
→ Malayalam: പ്രകൃതി (prakr̥ti)
→ Old Javanese: prakṛti
- > Javanese: ꦥꦏꦼꦂꦠꦶ (pakerti) (inherited)
  - → Indonesian: pekerti
→ Tamil: பிரகிருதி (pirakiruti)
→ Telugu: ప్రకృతి (prakr̥ti)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रकृति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 654, column 1.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्रकृति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan