प्रकृति [ prakṛti ] [ pra-kṛti ] f. " making or placing before or at first " , the original or natural form or condition of anything , original or primary substance ( opp. to [ vi-kṛti ] q.v.) Lit. Prāt. Lit. Nir. Lit. Jaim. Lit. MBh.

  cause original source Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Śak.

  origin , extraction Lit. Mṛicch.

  nature , character , constitution , temper , disposition Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Suśr. (ibc. and [ °tyā ] ind. by nature , naturally , unalterably , properly Lit. Prāt. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Mn. )

  fundamental form , pattern , standard , model , rule (esp. in ritual) Lit. 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 ] , [ rajas ] and [ tamas ] ) , Nature (distinguished from [ puruṣa ] , Spirit as Māyā is distinguished from Brahman in the Vedântas)

  pl. 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) Lit. IW. 80

  (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 Lakshmī , Durgā ; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being) Lit. W. Lit. IW. 140 Lit. RTL. 223

  (pl.) N. of a class of deities under Manu Raibhya Lit. Hariv.

  (in polit.) pl. a king's ministers , the body of ministers or counsellors , ministry Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  the subjects of a king , citizens , artisans Lit. ib.

  the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which are usually enumerated , viz. king minister , allies , treasure , army , territory , fortresses Lit. Mn. ix , 294 ; 295)

  the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (viz. the [ madhyama ] , [ vijigīṣu ] , [ udāsīna ] and [ śatru ] ; to which should be added 8 remoter princes , viz. the [ mitra ] , [ arimitra ] , [ mitra-mitra ] , [ arimitra-mitra ] , [ pārṣṇi-graha ] , [ ākranda ] , [ pārṣṇigrāhāsāra ] , [ ākrandāsāsa ] ; each of these 12 kings has 5 Prakṛitis in the form of minister , territory , fortresses , treasure and army , so that the total number of Prakṛitis may be 72) Lit. Mn. vii , 155 ; 157 Lit. Kull.

  (in gram.) the crude or elementary form of a word , base , root , an uninflected word Lit. Sāh. Lit. Pāṇ. Sch. Lit. Vop.

  N. of 2 classes of metres Lit. Col.

  (in arithm.) a co-efficient multiplier Lit. ib.

  (in anat.) temperament , the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation Lit. W.

  ( with [ tritīyā ] ) the third nature , a eunuch Lit. MBh.

  matter , affair Lit. Lalit.

  the male or female organ of generation Lit. L.

  a woman or womankind Lit. L.

  a mother Lit. L.

  an animal Lit. L.

  N. of a woman Lit. Buddh.

  N. of wk.

  [ prakṛtyā ] ind. , see [ prakṛti ] , by nature , naturally , unalterably , properly Lit. Prāt. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Mn.