Prakri, Prakṛ, Prakṝ: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Prakṛ and Prakṝ can be transliterated into English as Prakr or Prakri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrakṛ (प्रकृ).—8 U.
1) To do, perform, commence (used much in the same sense as kṛ); जानन्नपि नरो दैषात् प्रकरोति विगर्हितम् (jānannapi naro daiṣāt prakaroti vigarhitam) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.35; Mv.2.13. Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.36; Ṛtusaṃhāra 1.6; Manusmṛti 8.54,6; 8.23; व्रीडार्ता प्रकरोति दाडिमफलव्याजेन वाग्बन्धनम् (vrīḍārtā prakaroti dāḍimaphalavyājena vāgbandhanam) Amaruśataka 16.
2) To accomplish, achieve, effect.
3) To assault, outrage, insult; कुलभार्या प्रकुर्वाणमहं द्रष्टुं दशाननम् (kulabhāryā prakurvāṇamahaṃ draṣṭuṃ daśānanam) (yāmi) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.19.
4) To honour, worship.
5) To express, utter; प्रकुर्वते वारिदरोधनिर्गताः परस्परालापमिवामला दिशः (prakurvate vāridarodhanirgatāḥ parasparālāpamivāmalā diśaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 4.31.
6) To place in front, mention first.
7) To appoint (to a post, office &c.); यत् कार्यं पार्थिवेनादौ पार्थिवप्रकृतेन वा (yat kāryaṃ pārthivenādau pārthivaprakṛtena vā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.69.3.
8) Ved. To induce.
9) To win, conquer.
1) To destroy.
11) To make divisions (prakāra); काम- द्वेषसमायुक्तो मोहात् प्रकुरुते भवान् (kāma- dveṣasamāyukto mohāt prakurute bhavān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.168.18.
12) To marry.
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Prakṝ (प्रकॄ).—6 P.
1) To scatter, throw, pour out; प्रकीर्णः पुष्पाणां हरिचरणयोरञ्जलिरयम् (prakīrṇaḥ puṣpāṇāṃ haricaraṇayorañjalirayam) Ve.1.2.
2) To sow (as seed).
3) To issue forth, spring up; महीतले स्वर्गमिव प्रकीर्णम् (mahītale svargamiva prakīrṇam) Rām. 5.7.6. (com. prakīrṇaṃ pātitam). -pass. To disappear, vanish.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrakrī (प्रक्री).—[adjective] to be bought.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prakṛ (प्रकृ):—[=pra-kṛ] -√1. kṛ [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -karoti, -kurute, -kṛṇoti, ṇute etc., to make, produce, accomplish, perform, achieve, effect, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to make into, render (with double [accusative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
— (with dārān) to take to wife, marry, [Mahābhārata];
—to appoint, charge with ([locative case]), [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya];
—to enable to, make fit for ([infinitive mood]), [Ṛg-veda];
—to remove, destroy, kill, [Atharva-veda; Harivaṃśa];
— (only [Ātmanepada] by, [Pāṇini 1-3, 32]) to violate, pollute (a girl), [Manu-smṛti viii, 370];
— ([Ātmanepada]) to induce, move, incline, [Ṛg-veda];
—to make a person perform anything, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra];
— (with manas, or buddhim) to set the heart upon, make up the mind to ([dative case] or [locative case]), resolve, determine, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];
—to gain, win, conquer, [Ṛg-veda];
—to lay out, expend, [Pāṇini 1-3, 32];
—to put forward, mention first, make the subject of discussion, [ib.];
—to serve, honour, worship, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :
—[Causal] -kārayati, to cause to be made or prepared, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
2) Prakṝ (प्रकॄ):—[=pra-kṝ] -√1. kṝ [Parasmaipada] -kirati, to scatter forth, strew, throw about, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.;
2) —to issue forth, spring up, [Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta] :
2) —[Passive voice] (and [Parasmaipada] [Potential] -kīryāt) to disappear, vanish, [Mahābhārata]
3) Prakrī (प्रक्री):—[=pra-krī] [from pra-kraya] mfn. to be bought, purchasable, [Atharva-veda]
4) Prākṛ (प्राकृ):—[=prā-√kṛ] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -karoti, -kurute etc., to drive away, [Kāṭhaka]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Prakṛ (प्रकृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pakara, Pakuvva, Pakkira.
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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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