प्रकृति

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See also: प्राकृत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti).

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

References

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakr̥ti)

  1. nature

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of प्र- (pra-, “pro-”) +‎ कृति (kṛtí, “creating”).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakṛtí) stem, m

  1. nature, (literally meaning "as created/done", hence the "nature")

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of प्रकृति (prakṛtí)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रकृतिः
prakṛtíḥ 		प्रकृती
prakṛtī́ 		प्रकृतयः
prakṛtáyaḥ
Vocative प्रकृते
prákṛte 		प्रकृती
prákṛtī 		प्रकृतयः
prákṛtayaḥ
Accusative प्रकृतिम्
prakṛtím 		प्रकृती
prakṛtī́ 		प्रकृतीन्
prakṛtī́n
Instrumental प्रकृतिना / प्रकृत्या¹
prakṛtínā / prakṛtyā́¹ 		प्रकृतिभ्याम्
prakṛtíbhyām 		प्रकृतिभिः
prakṛtíbhiḥ
Dative प्रकृतये
prakṛtáye 		प्रकृतिभ्याम्
prakṛtíbhyām 		प्रकृतिभ्यः
prakṛtíbhyaḥ
Ablative प्रकृतेः / प्रकृत्यः¹
prakṛtéḥ / prakṛtyáḥ¹ 		प्रकृतिभ्याम्
prakṛtíbhyām 		प्रकृतिभ्यः
prakṛtíbhyaḥ
Genitive प्रकृतेः / प्रकृत्यः¹
prakṛtéḥ / prakṛtyáḥ¹ 		प्रकृत्योः
prakṛtyóḥ 		प्रकृतीनाम्
prakṛtīnā́m
Locative प्रकृतौ / प्रकृता¹
prakṛtaú / prakṛtā́¹ 		प्रकृत्योः
prakṛtyóḥ 		प्रकृतिषु
prakṛtíṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Noun

प्रकृति • (prakṛti) stem, f

  1. the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance (opposite to विकृति (vikṛti) q.v.)
  2. cause, original source
  3. origin, extraction
  4. nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition
  5. fundamental form, pattern, standard, model, rule (especially in ritual)
  6. (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)
  7. (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)
  8. (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)
  9. (in the plural) name of a class of deities under मनु रैभ्य (manu raibhya) Hariv.
  10. (politics, in the plural) a king's [[minister))s, 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, namely king, minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses)
  13. 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.
  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 (tritīyā)) 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

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of प्रकृति (prakṛtí)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रकृतिः
prakṛtíḥ 		प्रकृती
prakṛtī́ 		प्रकृतयः
prakṛtáyaḥ
Vocative प्रकृते
prákṛte 		प्रकृती
prákṛtī 		प्रकृतयः
prákṛtayaḥ
Accusative प्रकृतिम्
prakṛtím 		प्रकृती
prakṛtī́ 		प्रकृतीः
prakṛtī́ḥ
Instrumental प्रकृत्या / प्रकृती¹
prakṛtyā́ / prakṛtī́¹ 		प्रकृतिभ्याम्
prakṛtíbhyām 		प्रकृतिभिः
prakṛtíbhiḥ
Dative प्रकृतये / प्रकृत्यै² / प्रकृती¹
prakṛtáye / prakṛtyaí² / prakṛtī́¹ 		प्रकृतिभ्याम्
prakṛtíbhyām 		प्रकृतिभ्यः
prakṛtíbhyaḥ
Ablative प्रकृतेः / प्रकृत्याः² / प्रकृत्यै³
prakṛtéḥ / prakṛtyā́ḥ² / prakṛtyaí³ 		प्रकृतिभ्याम्
prakṛtíbhyām 		प्रकृतिभ्यः
prakṛtíbhyaḥ
Genitive प्रकृतेः / प्रकृत्याः² / प्रकृत्यै³
prakṛtéḥ / prakṛtyā́ḥ² / prakṛtyaí³ 		प्रकृत्योः
prakṛtyóḥ 		प्रकृतीनाम्
prakṛtīnā́m
Locative प्रकृतौ / प्रकृत्याम्² / प्रकृता¹
prakṛtaú / prakṛtyā́m² / prakṛtā́¹ 		प्रकृत्योः
prakṛtyóḥ 		प्रकृतिषु
prakṛtíṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

References

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