prakāśa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकाश (prakāśa, “visible, shining, bright; manifest, public; universally noted, famous; clearness, brightness, splendour; publicity, fame”). Doublet of prakosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra.ka.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: pra‧kā‧śa

Adjective

prakāśa

1. bright, shining, clearly illuminated
2. famed
3. clearly audible
4. loud, noisy
5. fierce, forcible, untamable, violent

   Synonym: prakosa

Noun

prakāśa

1. brightness, light
2. fame

Derived terms

• amrakāśākĕn
• kaprakāśa
• pinrakasan
• pinrakāśākĕn

 

• atiprakāśa
• prakāśaharaṇa
• prakāśātmaka
• suprakāśa

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦏꦱ (prakasa) (inherited)

Further reading

• "prakāśa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.