prakfti | प्रक्फ़्ति | prakfti
pra-˚kfti | प्र-˚क्फ़्ति | f. See next p.
pra-kfti | प्र-क्फ़्ति | f. ‘making or placing before or at first’, the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance (opp. to vi-kfti | वि-क्फ़्ति |, q.v.), Prāt.; Nir.; Jaim.; MBh.
cause, original source, Mn.; MBh.; Śak. &c.
origin, extraction, Mṛcch.
nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition, MBh.; Kāv.; Suśr. &c. (ibc. and ˚tyā | ˚त्या | ind. by nature, naturally, unalterably, properly, Prāt.; ŚrS.; Mn. &c.)
fundamental form, pattern, standard, model, rule (esp. in ritual), ŚrS.
(in the Sāṃkhya phil.) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or Guṇas called sattva | सत्त्व |, rajas | रजस् | and tamas | तमस् |), Nature (distinguished from puruśa | पुरुश |, Spirit as Māyā is d˚ from Brahman in the Vedāntas)
pl. the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (viz. a-vyakta | अ-व्यक्त |, budḍi | बुद्डि | or mahat | महत् |, ahaṃ-kāra | अहं-कार |, and the 5 tan-mātras | तन्-मात्रस् | or subtle elements; rarely the 5 elements alone), IW. 80 &c.
(in mythol.) a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the Śakti or personified energy or wife of a deity, as Lakṣmī, Durgā &c.; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being), W.; IW. 140; RTL. 223
(pl.) N. of a class of deities under Manu Raibhya, Hariv.
(in polit.) pl. a king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry, Mn.; MBh. &c.
the subjects of a king, citizens, artisans &c., ib.
the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which 7 are usually enumerated, viz. king, minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses, Mn. ix, 294; 295)
the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (viz. the maḍyama | मड्यम |, vijigīśu | विजिगीशु |, udāsīna | उदासीन | and ṣatru | षत्रु |; to which should be added 8 remoter princes, viz. the mitra | मित्र |, arimitra | अरिमित्र |, mitra-mitra | मित्र-मित्र |, arimitra-mitra | अरिमित्र-मित्र |, pārśṛi-grāha | पार्शृइ-ग्राह |, ākranda | आक्रन्द |, pārśṛigrāhāsāra | पार्शृइग्राहासार |, ākrandāsāra | आक्रन्दासार |; each of these 12 kings has 5 Prakṛtis in the form of minister, territory, fortresses, treasure and army, so that the total number of Prakṛtis may be 72), Mn. vii, 155; 157; Kull.
(in gram.) the crude or elementary form of a word, base, root, an uninflected word, Sāh.; Pāṇ., Sch.; Vop.
N. of 2 classes of metres, Col.
(in arithm.) a co-efficient multiplier, ib.
(in anat.) temperament, the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation, W.
(with tritīyā | त्रितीया |) the third nature, a eunuch, MBh.
matter, affair, Lalit.
the male or female organ of generation, L.
a woman or womankind, L.
a mother, L.
an animal, L.
N. of a woman, Buddh.
N. of wk.
pra-kfti | प्र-क्फ़्ति | f. ‘making or placing before or at first’, the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance (opp. to vi-kfti | वि-क्फ़्ति |, q.v.), Prāt.; Nir.; Jaim.; MBh.
cause, original source, Mn.; MBh.; Śak. &c.
origin, extraction, Mṛcch.
nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition, MBh.; Kāv.; Suśr. &c. (ibc. and ˚tyā | ˚त्या | ind. by nature, naturally, unalterably, properly, Prāt.; ŚrS.; Mn. &c.)
fundamental form, pattern, standard, model, rule (esp. in ritual), ŚrS.
(in the Sāṃkhya phil.) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or Guṇas called sattva | सत्त्व |, rajas | रजस् | and tamas | तमस् |), Nature (distinguished from puruśa | पुरुश |, Spirit as Māyā is d˚ from Brahman in the Vedāntas)
pl. the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (viz. a-vyakta | अ-व्यक्त |, budḍi | बुद्डि | or mahat | महत् |, ahaṃ-kāra | अहं-कार |, and the 5 tan-mātras | तन्-मात्रस् | or subtle elements; rarely the 5 elements alone), IW. 80 &c.
(in mythol.) a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the Śakti or personified energy or wife of a deity, as Lakṣmī, Durgā &c.; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being), W.; IW. 140; RTL. 223
(pl.) N. of a class of deities under Manu Raibhya, Hariv.
(in polit.) pl. a king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry, Mn.; MBh. &c.
the subjects of a king, citizens, artisans &c., ib.
the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which 7 are usually enumerated, viz. king, minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses, Mn. ix, 294; 295)
the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (viz. the maḍyama | मड्यम |, vijigīśu | विजिगीशु |, udāsīna | उदासीन | and ṣatru | षत्रु |; to which should be added 8 remoter princes, viz. the mitra | मित्र |, arimitra | अरिमित्र |, mitra-mitra | मित्र-मित्र |, arimitra-mitra | अरिमित्र-मित्र |, pārśṛi-grāha | पार्शृइ-ग्राह |, ākranda | आक्रन्द |, pārśṛigrāhāsāra | पार्शृइग्राहासार |, ākrandāsāra | आक्रन्दासार |; each of these 12 kings has 5 Prakṛtis in the form of minister, territory, fortresses, treasure and army, so that the total number of Prakṛtis may be 72), Mn. vii, 155; 157; Kull.
(in gram.) the crude or elementary form of a word, base, root, an uninflected word, Sāh.; Pāṇ., Sch.; Vop.
N. of 2 classes of metres, Col.
(in arithm.) a co-efficient multiplier, ib.
(in anat.) temperament, the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation, W.
(with tritīyā | त्रितीया |) the third nature, a eunuch, MBh.
matter, affair, Lalit.
the male or female organ of generation, L.
a woman or womankind, L.
a mother, L.
an animal, L.
N. of a woman, Buddh.
N. of wk.