प्रकृति

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) nature

Noun

 * 1) nature

Noun

 * 1) nature (प्र + कृ + -क्त), (literally meaning "as created/done", hence the "nature")

Noun

 * 1) the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance (opposite to वि-कृति q.v.)
 * 2) cause original source
 * 3) origin, extraction
 * 4) nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition
 * 5) fundamental form, pattern, standard, model, rule (especially in ritual)
 * 6)  the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or गुणs called सत्त्व, रजस्, and तमस्), Nature (distinguished from पुरुष, Spirit as माया is distinguished from ब्रह्मन् in the वेदान्तs)
 * 7) (plural) the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (namely अ-व्यक्त, बुद्धि or महत्, अहं-कार, and the 5 तन्-मात्रस् or subtle elements; rarely the 5 elements alone)
 * 8)  a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the शक्ति or personified energy or wife of a deity, as लक्ष्मी, दुर्गा etc.; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being)
 * 9)  name of a class of deities under मनु रैभ्य Hariv.
 * 10)  a king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry
 * 11) the subjects of a king, citizens, artisans
 * 12) the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which are usually enumerated, namely king minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses)
 * 13) the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (namely the मध्यम, विजिगीषु, उदासीन, and शत्रु; to which should be added 8 remoter princes, namely the मित्र, अरिमित्र, मित्र-मित्र, अरिमित्र-मित्र, पार्ष्णि-ग्रह, आक्रन्द, पार्ष्णिग्राहासार, आक्रन्दासास; each of these 12 kings has 5 प्रकृतिs in the form of minister, territory, fortresses, treasure, and army, so that the total number of प्रकृतिs may be 72) Mn. vii. 155, 157. Kull.
 * 14)  the crude or elementary form of a word, base, root, an uninflected word
 * 15) name of 2 classes of metres
 * 16)  a co-efficient multiplier
 * 17) temperament, the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation
 * 18) (with त्रितीया) the third nature, a eunuch
 * 19) matter, affair
 * 20) the male or female organ of generation L.
 * 21) a woman or womankind
 * 22) a mother
 * 23) an animal
 * 24) name of a woman