search `prakRti' in `Apte Dic'
meanings of "prakRti" [1]
f.{i-stem}
1.the natural condition or state of anything;
2.natural disposition;
3.make;
4.extraction;
5.origin;
6.(in saaG. phil.) nature (as distinguished from puruSa);
7.(in gram.) the radical or crude form of a word to which case-terminations and other affixes are applied;
8.a model;
9.a woman;
10.the personified will of the Supreme Spirit in the creation;
11.the male or female organ of generation;
12.a mother;
13.(in arith.) a coefficient;
14.(in anatomy) temperament of the humours;
15.an animal;
16.an artisan;
17.the Supreme Being;
18.eight forms of the Supreme Being;
19.the way of life
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meanings of "prakRti" [2]
f.pl.{i-stem}
1.a king's ministers;
2.the subjects (of a king);
3.the constituent elements of the state;
4.the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war;
5.the eight primary elements out of which everything else is evolved according to the saaGkhyas;
6.the five primary elements of creations
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