प्राकार

See also: परकार and प्रकार

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰাকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• প্রাকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပြာကာရ (Burmese script)
• પ્રાકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਾਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦴꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಾಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• ប្រាការ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣາກາຣ (Lao script)
• പ്രാകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରାକାର (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රාකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ப்ராகார (Tamil script)
• ప్రాకార (Telugu script)
• ปฺราการ (Thai script)
• པྲཱ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly Sanskritisation of a loan from Munda (compare Santali ᱯᱟᱜᱟᱨ (pagar, “fence”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.kɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

प्राकार • (prākāra) stem, m

1. a wall, enclosure, fence, rampart (especially a surrounding wall elevated on a mound of earth)

   Synonym: प्राचीर (prācīra)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्राकार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्राकारः (prākāraḥ)	प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹)	प्राकाराः (prākārāḥ) प्राकारासः¹ (prākārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	प्राकारम् (prākāram)	प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹)	प्राकारान् (prākārān)
instrumental	प्राकारेण (prākāreṇa)	प्राकाराभ्याम् (prākārābhyām)	प्राकारैः (prākāraiḥ) प्राकारेभिः¹ (prākārebhiḥ¹)
dative	प्राकाराय (prākārāya)	प्राकाराभ्याम् (prākārābhyām)	प्राकारेभ्यः (prākārebhyaḥ)
ablative	प्राकारात् (prākārāt)	प्राकाराभ्याम् (prākārābhyām)	प्राकारेभ्यः (prākārebhyaḥ)
genitive	प्राकारस्य (prākārasya)	प्राकारयोः (prākārayoḥ)	प्राकाराणाम् (prākārāṇām)
locative	प्राकारे (prākāre)	प्राकारयोः (prākārayoḥ)	प्राकारेषु (prākāreṣu)
vocative	प्राकार (prākāra)	प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹)	प्राकाराः (prākārāḥ) प्राकारासः¹ (prākārāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: pākāra
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (pākāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀕𑀸𑀭 (pāgāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀭 (pāyāra), 𑀧𑀬𑀸𑀭 (payāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀭 (pāāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀭 (pāra)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ފާރު (fāru)
      • Sinhalese: පවුර (pawura)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: पारा (pārā)

Borrowed terms

• → Tamil: பாகார் (pākār), பிராகாரம் (pirākāram)
• → Assamese: প্ৰাকাৰ (prakar) (learned)
• → Bengali: প্রাকার (prakar) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: प्राकार (prākār)

• → Khmer: ប្រាការ (praakaa) (learned)
• → Marathi: प्राकार (prākār) (learned)
• → Odia: ପ୍ରାକାର (prākāra) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: ප්‍රාකාරය (prākāraya) (learned)
• → Telugu: ప్రాకారము (prākāramu) (learned)
• → Thai: ปราการ (bpraa-gaan) (learned)

Further reading

• “प्राकार” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 349, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “प्राकार”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 184
• Monier Williams (1899), “प्राकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 703/1.