Prakaraka, Prakāraka, Prakara-ka: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrakāraka (प्रकारक):—[=pra-kāra-ka] [from pra-kāra > pra-kṛ] mfn. = kāra ifc. (cf. tat-, niṣ-)
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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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Starts with: Prakarakarna.
Ends with: Nitprakaraka, Saprakaraka.
Full-text: Saprakaraka, Vavidh, Nitprakaraka.
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Search found 5 books and stories containing Prakaraka, Prakāraka, Prakara-ka, Prakāra-ka; (plurals include: Prakarakas, Prakārakas, kas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 2.31 - The different kinds of birth (janman) < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Verse 6.7 - Definition of adhikaraṇa (substratum) < [Chapter 6 - Influx of Karmas]
Verse 8.21 - The definition of anubhava (fruition) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 10 - Perception in the light of elucidation by the later members of the Rāmānuja School < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]
Part 3 - Controversy with the Monists by Mādhava Mukunda < [Chapter XXI - The Nimbārka School of Philosophy]
Part 12 - Epistemology of the Rāmānuja School according to Meghanādāri and others < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 3 - Svataḥ-prāmāṇya (self-validity of knowledge) < [Chapter XXVII - A General Review of the Philosophy of Madhva]
Part 1 - Vyāsa-tīrtha, Madhusūdana and Rāmācārya on the Falsity of the World < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
Part 5 - Rāmānuja and Madhva < [Chapter XXV - Madhva and his School]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 4: Birth ceremonies of Ṛṣabha < [Chapter II]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 24 - Rāmādvaya (a.d. 1300) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]