prākfta | प्राक्फ़्त | prAkfta

prā—kfta | प्रा—क्फ़्त | See s.v.
prākfta | प्राक्फ़्त | mf(A, or I)n. (fr. pra-kfti | प्र-क्फ़्ति |) original, natural, artless, normal, ordinary, usual, ŚBr. &c. &c.
low, vulgar, unrefined, Mn.; MBh. &c.
provincial, vernacular, Prākritic, Vcar.
(in Sāṃkhya) belonging to or derived from Prakṛti or the original element
(in astron.) N. of one of the 7 divisions of the planetary courses (according to Parāśara comprising the Nakṣatras Svāti, Bharaṇī, Rohiṇī and Kṛttikā)
prākfta | प्राक्फ़्त | m. a low or vulgar man, Mn. viii, 338; MBh. &c.
(with or scil. laya | लय |, pralaya | प्रलय | &c.) resolution or reabsorption into Prakṛti, the dissolution of the universe, Pur.
prākfta | प्राक्फ़्त | n. any provincial or vernacular dialect cognate with Sanskṛt (esp. the language spoken by women and inferior characters in the plays, but also occurring in other kinds of literature and usually divided into 4 dialects, viz. Śaurasenī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Apabhraṃśa and Paiśācī), Kāv.; Kathās.; Kāvyād. &c.

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