प्राकृतprākṛtaa.(-ता, -ती f.) [प्रकृतेरयं प्रकृत्या निर्वृत्तो वा अण्]
- (-ता, -ती Feminine) प्रकृतेरयं प्रकृत्या निर्वृत्तो वा अण्
- Original, natural, unaltered, unmodified; स्याताममित्रौ मित्रे च सहजप्राकृतावपि Śi.2.36 (see Malli, thereon).
- Usual, common, ordinary.
- Uncultivated, vulgar, unrefined, illiterate; प्राकृत इव परिभूयमानमात्मानं न रुणत्सि K.146; Bg.18.28.
- Insignificant, unimportant; trifling; Mu.1.
- Derived from Prakṛiti, quod vide, which see; प्राकृतो लयः 'reabsorption into Prakṛiti'; विमुञ्चेत् प्राकृतान् ग्रामांस्तान् मुक्त्वाऽमृतमश्नुते Mb.12.24.12.
- Provincial, vernacular (as a dialect); see below.
Derived forms and compounds
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- A low man, an ordinary or vulgar man. कार्षापणं भवेद्दण्डयो यत्रान्यः प्राकृतो जनः Ms.8.336.
- A kind of fever; वर्षाशरद्वसन्तेषु वाताद्यैः प्राकृतः क्रमात् Mādhava; (see -ज्वरः) -तम् A vernacular or provincial dialect derived from and akin to Sanskrit; प्रकृतिः संस्कृतं तत्र भवं तत आगतं च प्राकृतम् Hemachandra. (Many of these dialects are spoken by the female characters and inferior personages of Sanskrit plays and are usually divided into 4 dialects: शौरसेनी, माहाराष्ट्री, अपभ्रंश and पैशाची); तद्भवस्तत्समो देशीत्यनेकः प्राकृत- क्रमः Kāv.1.33; also 34, 35; त्वमप्यस्मादृशजनयोग्ये प्राकृतमार्गे प्रवृत्तोऽसि Vb.1.
- Resolution or reabsorption into प्रकृति; the dissolution of the universe.
- A particular ritual or यज्ञ; Bhāg.1.84.52.
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-अरिः a natural enemy, id est, that is the ruler of an adjacent country; see Malli. on Śi.2.36.
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-उदासीनः a natural neutral; id est, that is a ruler whose dominions lie beyond those of the natural ally.
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-ज्वरः a common or ordinary fever.
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-प्रलयः complete dissolution of the universe.
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-मानुषः a common or ordinary man.
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-मित्रम् a natural ally; id est, that is a ruler whose dominions lie immediately beyond those of the natural enemy (id est, that is whose country is separated from the country with which he is allied by that of another).
Source: Apte
