# प्रकृति
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɾək.ɾɪ.t̪iː/, [pɾɐk.ɾɪ.t̪iː]

### Noun

प्रकृति • (prakŕti) f
* nature

#### Antonyms

* संस्कृति (sanskŕti, “culture”)

#### Related terms

* प्राकृतिक (prākŕtik, “natural”)
* प्राकृत (prākŕt, “a Prakrit”)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रकृति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “प्रकृति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Nepali
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [prʌkɾit̪i]
* Phonetic Devanagari: प्रक्रिति

### Noun

प्रकृति • (prakr̥ti)
* nature

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰকৃতি (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬓᬺᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* প্রকৃতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰎𑰴𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀾𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ပြကၖတိ (Burmese script)
* પ્રકૃતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਕ੍ਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦏꦽꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂍𑃂𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ (Kannada script)
* ប្រក្ឫតិ (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣກ຺ຣິຕິ (Lao script)
* പ്രകൃതി (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᠠᡬᡵᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘎𑘵𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠠᢉᠷᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦮𑧖𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐎𑐺𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରକୃତି (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢒꢺꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆑𑆸𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖎𑖴𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රකෘති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩜𑩙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚊𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* ப்ரக்ரிதி (Tamil script)
* ప్రకృతి (Telugu script)
* ปฺรกฺฤติ (Thai script)
* པྲ་ཀྲྀ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒏𑒵𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “pro-”) +‎ कृति (kṛ́ti, “creating”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɾɐ.kr̩.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɾɐ.kr̩.t̪i/

### Noun

प्रकृति • (prakṛti) stem, f
* the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance
    Antonym: विकृति (vikṛti)
* cause, original source
* origin, extraction
* nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition
* fundamental form, pattern, standard, model, rule (especially in ritual)
* (philosophy) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or गुण (guṇa)s called सत्त्व (sattva), रजस् (rajas), and तमस् (tamas)), Nature (distinguished from पुरुष (puruṣa), Spirit as माया (māyā) is distinguished from ब्रह्मन् (brahman) in the वेदान्त (vedānta)s)
* (plural) the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (namely अव्यक्त (avyakta), बुद्धि (buddhi) or महत् (mahat), अहंकार (ahaṃkāra), and the 5 तन्मात्रस् (tanmātras) or subtle elements; rarely the 5 elements alone)
* (Hinduism) a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the शक्ति (śakti) or personified energy or wife of a deity, as लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), दुर्गा (durgā) etc.; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being)
* (in the plural) name of a class of deities under मनु रैभ्य (manu raibhya) (Hariv.)
* (politics, in the plural) a king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry
* the subjects of a king, citizens, artisans
* the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which are usually enumerated, namely king, minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses)
* the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (namely the मध्यम (madhyama), विजिगीषु (vijigīṣu), उदासीन (udāsīna), and शत्रु (śatru); to which should be added 8 remoter princes, namely the मित्र (mitra), अरिमित्र (arimitra), मित्रमित्र (mitramitra), अरिमित्रमित्र (arimitramitra), पार्ष्णिग्रह (pārṣṇigraha), आक्रन्द (ākranda), पार्ष्णिग्राहासार (pārṣṇigrāhāsāra), आक्रन्दासास (ākrandāsāsa); each of these 12 kings has 5 prakritis in the form of minister, territory, fortresses, treasure, and army, so that the total number of prakritis may be 72) Mn. vii. 155, 157. Kull.
* (grammar) the crude or elementary form of a word, base, root, an uninflected word
* name of 2 classes of metres
* (arithmetic) a co-efficient multiplier
* temperament, the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation
* (with त्रितीया (tritīyā)) the third nature, a eunuch
* matter, affair
* the male or female organ of generation (L.)
* a woman or womankind
* a mother
* an animal
* name of a woman

#### Derived terms

* प्रकृतिमत् (prakṛtimat)
* प्राकृत (prākṛta)
* प्राकृतिक (prākṛtika)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: প্রকৃতি (prokriti)
* → Hindi: प्रकृति (prakŕti)
* → Kannada: ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ (prakṛti)
* → Malayalam: പ്രകൃതി (prakr̥ti)
* → Old Javanese: prakṛti
** > Javanese: ꦥꦏꦼꦂꦠꦶ (pakerti) (inherited)
*** → Indonesian: pekerti
* → Tamil: பிரகிருதி (pirakiruti)
* → Telugu: ప్రకృతి (prakr̥ti)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “प्रकृति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 654, column 1.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्रकृति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan