प्रकृति

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

• 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)

1. nature

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

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

Pronunciation

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

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

• प्राकृत (prākṛta)
• प्राकृतिक (prākṛtika)

 

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

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