ప్రకృతి

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) the original or natural form of anything, natural condition or state, original or primary substance.
 * 2) cause, origin, source.
 * 3) nature, character, constitution, disposition, temper, temperament.
 * 4) nature, (as opp. to Purusha or Spirit) the creation, universe.
 * 5)  a coefficient, multiplier.
 * 6) the common people (collectively).
 * 7)  the crude elementary or radical form of a word, a primitive word root, radix, radical, etymon.
 * 8) a metre having 21 syllables per line of verse.