f. nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition etc. (in the beginning of a compound and prakṛtyātyā-ind.by nature, naturally, unalterably, properly etc.)
f. (in the sāṃkhya-philosophy) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or guṇa-s called sattva-, rajas-and tamas-), Nature (distinguished from puruṣa-,Spirit as māyā- is distinguished from brahman- in the vedānta-s)
f.plural the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (viz. a-vyakta-, buddhi-or mahat-, ahaṃ-kāra-,and the 5 tan-mātras-or subtle elements;rarely the 5 elements alone)
f. (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- etc.;also considered as identical with the Supreme Being)
f. the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which are usually enumerated, viz. king minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses )
प्रकृतिः f. 1 The natural condition or state of anything, nature, natural form (opp. विकृति which is a change or effect); तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया Bg. 7.2. प्रकृत्या यद्वक्रम् Ś1.9; उष्णत्वमग्न्यातपसंप्रयोगात् शैत्यं हि यत् सा प्रकृतिर्जलस्य R.5.54; मरणं प्रकृतिः शरीरिणां विकृति- र्जीवितमुच्यते बुधैः R.8.87; U.7.19; अपेहि रे अत्रभवान् प्रकृतिमापन्नः Ś.2. 'has resumed his wonted nature'; प्रकृतिम् आपद् or प्रतिपद् or प्रकृतौ स्था 'to come to one's senses', 'regain one's consciousness.' -2 Natural disposition, temper, temperament, nature, constitution; प्रकृतिः खलु सा महीयसः सहते नान्यसमुन्नतिं यया Ki.2.21; कथं गत एव आत्मनः प्रकृतिम् Ś.7. 'natural character'; अपश्यत् पाण्डवश्रेष्ठो हर्षेण प्रकृतिं गतः Mb.39.66 (com. प्रकृतिं स्वास्थ्यम्); so प्रकृतिकृपण, प्रकृतिसिद्ध; see below. -3 Make, form, figure; महानुभावप्रकृतिः Māl.1. -4 Extraction, descent; गोपालप्रकृतिरार्यको$स्मि Mk.7. -5 Origin, source, original or material cause, the material of which anything is made; नार्थानां प्रकृतिं वेत्सि Mb.4.49.1; प्रकृतिश्चोपादानकारणं च ब्रह्माभ्युपगन्तव्यम् Ś. B. (see the full discussion on Br. Sūt.1.4.23); यामाहुः सर्वभूतप्रकृतिरिति Ś.1.1; Bhāg.4.28.24. -6 (In Sāṅ. phil.) Nature (as distinguished from पुरुष,) the original source of the material world, consisting of the three essential qualities सत्त्व, रजस् and तमस्. It is also mentioned as one of the four contentments; प्रकृत्युपादानकालभागाख्याः Sāṅ. K.5. -7 (In gram.) The radical or crude form of a word to which case-terminations and other affixes are applied; प्रकृतिप्रत्यययोरिवानुबन्धः Ki.13.19. -8 A model, pattern, standard, (especially in ritualistic works); Bhāg.5.7.5. -9 A woman. -1 The personified will of the Supreme Spirit in the creation (identified with माया or illusion); मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् Bg.9.1. -11 The male or female organ of generation. -12 A mother. -13 (In arith.) A coefficient, or multiplier. -14 (In anatomy) Temperament of the humours; प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति Bg.3.33. -15 An animal. -16 An artisan. -17 The Supreme Being; न ह्यस्ति सर्वभूतेषु दुःख- मस्मिन् कुतः सुखम् । एवं प्रकृतिभूतानां सर्वसंसर्गयायिनाम् ॥ Mb.12. 152.16. -18 Eight forms of the Supreme Being; भूमि- रापो$नलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च । अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृति-
रष्टधा ॥ Bg.7.4. -19 The way of life (जीवन); सतां वै ददतो$न्नं च लोके$स्मिन् प्रकृतिर्ध्रुवा Mb.12.18.27. (pl.) 1 A king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry; अथानाथाः प्रकृतयो मातृबन्धुनिवासिनम् R.12.12; Pt.1.48; अशुद्धप्रकृतौ राज्ञि जनता नानुरज्यते 31. -2 The subjects (of a king); प्रवर्ततां प्रकृतिहिताय पार्थिवः Ś.7.35; नृपतिः प्रकृतीरवेक्षितुम् R.8.18,1. -3 The constituent elements of the state (सप्ताङ्गानि), i. e. 1 the king; -2 the minister; -3 the allies; -4 treasure; -5 army; -6 territory; -7 fortresses &c.; and the corporations of citizens (which is sometimes added to the 7); स्वाम्यमात्य- सुहृत्कोशराष्ट्रदुर्गबलानि च Ak. -4 The various sovereigns to be considered in case of war; (for full explanation see Kull. on Ms.7.155 and 157). -5 The eight primary elements out of which everything else is evolved according to the Sāṅkhyas; see Sāṅ. K.3. -6 The five primary elements of creations (पञ्चमहाभूतानि) i. e. पृथ्वी, अप्, तेजस्, वायु and आकाश; प्रकृतिं ते भजिष्यन्ति नष्टप्रकृतयो मयि Mb.5.73.17. -Comp. -अमित्रः an ordinary foe; प्रकृत्यमित्रानुत्थाप्य Dk.2.4. -ईशः a king or magistrate. -कल्याण a. beautiful by nature. -कृपण a. naturally slow or unable to discern; Me.5. -गुणः one of the three constituent qualities of nature; see गुण. -ज a. innate, inborn, natural. -तरल a. fickle by nature, naturally inconsistent; प्रकृतितरले का नः पीडा गते हतजीविते Amaru.3. -पाठः a list of verbal roots (धातुपाठ). -पुरुषः a minister, a functionary (of the state); जानामि त्वां प्रकृतिपुरुषं कामरूपं मघोनः Me.6. -2 a standard or model of a man. -षौ nature and spirit. -भाव a. natural, usual. (-वः) natural or original state. -भोजनम् usual food. -मण्डलम् the whole territory of kingdom; अधिगतं विधिवद्यदपालयत् प्रकृतिमण्डलमात्म- कुलोचितम् R.9.2. -लयः absorption into the Prakṛiti, dissolution of the universe. -विकृतिः mutation of the original form. -श्रैष्ठ्यम् superiority of origin; Ms. 1.3. -सिद्ध a. inborn, innate, natural; सुजनबन्धुजने- ष्वसहिष्णुता प्रकृतिसिद्धमिदं हि दुरात्मनाम् Bh.2.52. -सुभग a. naturally lovely or agreeable. -स्थ a. 1 being in the natural state or condition, natural, genuine; दृष्ट्वा चाप्रकृतिस्थां ताम् Rām.7.58.17. -2 inherent, innate, incidental to nature; रघुरप्यजयद् गुणत्रयं प्रकृतिस्थं समलोष्ट- काञ्चनः R.8.21. -3 healthy, in good health. -4 recovered. -5 come to oneself. -6 stripped of everything, bare.
अप्रकृतिः f. 1 Not the inherent or natural property, accidental property or nature; an accident (विकृति). -2 Spiritual being; the Puruṣa of the Sāṅkhyas. -3 Not the original word; such as a termination.
f. (putting before, what is presupposed), original or natural form or condition (opp. vi-kriti, derivative form); nature, constitution, disposition, temper; fundamental form, pattern, standard, rule (sp. damental form, pattern, standard, rule (sp. in ritual); nature (opp. spirit: ph.): pl. material elements (rare); primary constituents of nature (from which all else is evolved: there are eight: avyakta, mahat, ahamkâra, and the five elements: ph.); constituent elements of the state (in politics: there are seven: king, minister, fortress, territory or subjects, treasure, army, and ally; kings primarily (of these there are four) and secondarily (of these there are eight) concerned in a war (each of these twelve having five prakritis in the form of minister, territory, fortress, treasure, army); constituent elements of a king's own state (exclusive of himself); ministers; subjects, citizens; sg. root, base (gr.): °ree;-or in. by nature, originally, properly; in the original state, unchanged: -ka, a. (--°ree;) id.; kripana, a. naturally feeble in discriminating between (lc.); -ga, a.innate; -purusha, m. nature and spirit (du.); minister; -bhâva, m. original or unmodified state; -mandala, n. whole circle of subjects, entire territory; -mat, a. having or being in the original, natural, or usual condition orform; -sampanna, pp. endowed with a noble nature; -subhaga, a. naturally beautiful; -stha, a. being in the natural state or condition, natural, genuine, normal; healthy; being in good circumstances.
noun (feminine) (in anat.) temperament (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in arithm.) a co-efficient multiplier (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in gram.) the crude or elementary form of a word (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in mythol.) a goddess (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in polit.) a king's ministers (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in the Sāṃkhya phil.) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(pl.) name of a class of deities under Manu Raibhya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a eunuch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mother (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a woman or womankind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
affair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an uninflected word (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
artisans (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
base (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
character (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
citizens (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
constitution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
disposition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extraction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fundamental form (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
matter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ministry (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
model (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Nature (distinguished from puruṣa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of 2 classes of metres (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a woman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nature (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
origin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
original or primary substance (opp. to vi-kṛti) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
original source (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pattern (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
root (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rule (esp. in ritual) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
standard (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
temper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
territory (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the body of ministers or counsellors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the constituent elements or powers of the state (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the male or female organ of generation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the original or natural form or condition of anything (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the subjects of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the third nature (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective common (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having the original or natural form or shape (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
in a natural or usual frame of mind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
natural (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
usual (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (du.) nature and spirit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a minister (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a standard or model of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
servant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective bare (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
being in the original or natural state (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
genuine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
healthy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
incidental to nature (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inherent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
innate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
normal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stripped of everything (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unaltered (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unimpaired (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
well (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) accidental property or nature (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not an inherent or inseparable property (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) (in phil.) the original root or germ out of which matter or all apparent forms are evolved (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the 4 principal kings to be considered in time of war (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the primary cause or "originant" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) change (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
injury (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
offence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
opposition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
retaliation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
variation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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