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

From प्र- (pra-, “forward, before”) +‎ अ- (a-) +‎ कॄ (kṝ, “to heap, pile”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

प्राकार • (prākāra) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्राकार (prākāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्राकारः prākāraḥ	प्राकारौ / प्राकारा¹ prākārau / prākārā¹	प्राकाराः / प्राकारासः¹ prākārāḥ / prākārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	प्राकार prākāra	प्राकारौ / प्राकारा¹ prākārau / prākārā¹	प्राकाराः / प्राकारासः¹ prākārāḥ / prākārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	प्राकारम् prākāram	प्राकारौ / प्राकारा¹ prākārau / prākārā¹	प्राकारान् prākārān
Instrumental	प्राकारेण prākāreṇa	प्राकाराभ्याम् prākārābhyām	प्राकारैः / प्राकारेभिः¹ prākāraiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Khmer: ប្រាការ (praakaa)
• ⇒ Telugu: ప్రాకారము (prākāramu)
• → Thai: ปราการ (bpraa-gaan)

References

• “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.