Prakash, Prakāś: 3 definitions

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Prakash means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Prakāś can be transliterated into English as Prakas or Prakash, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prakāś (प्रकाश्).—1 Ā.

1) To shine, gleam; look brilliant.

2) To become visible or manifest, come to light; to be apparent, appear; एष सर्वेषु भूतेषु गूढात्मा न प्रकाशते (eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍhātmā na prakāśate) Kaṭh.1.3.12.

3) To look or appear like. -Caus.

1) To show, display, manifest, discover; अवसरोऽयमात्मानं प्रकाशयितुम् (avasaro'yamātmānaṃ prakāśayitum) Ś.1; Sāṃkhyakārikā 59.

2) To disclose, unfold, reveal.

3) To bring to light, make public, proclaim; कदाचित् कुपितं मित्रं सर्वदोषं प्रकाशयेत् (kadācit kupitaṃ mitraṃ sarvadoṣaṃ prakāśayet) Chāṇ.2.

4) To publish, bring out (as a work); प्रणीतः न तु प्रकाशितः (praṇītaḥ na tu prakāśitaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 4.

5) To illuminate, lighten, irradiate; यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः (yathā prakāśayatyekaḥ kṛtsnaṃ lokamimaṃ raviḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 13.33;5.16.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Prakas (प्रकस्):—[=pra-√kas] Caus. -kāsayati, to drive away, [Dhūrtasamāgama] (in Prākṛt);

—to cause to bloom, [Ghaṭakarpara]

2) Prakāś (प्रकाश्):—[=pra-√kāś] [Ātmanepada] -kāśate ([Epic] also [Parasmaipada] ), to become visible, appear, shine, become evident or manifest, [Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.:

2) —[Causal] -kāśayati (rarely te), to make visible, cause to appear or shine, illumine, irradiate, show, display, manifest, reveal, impart, proclaim, [ib.] :

2) —[Intensive] (only [present participle] -cākaśat) to illumine (and) to survey, [Ṛg-veda iv, 53, 4.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Prakash in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) light; sunshine; lustre; chapter of a book; ~[kshepi] a reflector; ~[mapi] lightmeter; -[vishleshana] photolysis; —[dalana] to throw light on, to elucidate; —[mem ana] to come into lime-light; to come to light; to acquire renown..—prakash (प्रकाश) is alternatively transliterated as Prakāśa.

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