प्राकार

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
  • প্ৰাকাৰ (Bengali script)
  • প্রাকার (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • પ્રાકાર (Gujarati script)
  • ꦥꦿꦴꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
  • ಪ್ರಾಕಾರ (Kannada script)
  • ပြာကာရ (Burmese script)
  • ପ୍ରାକାର (Oriya script)
  • ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • ప్రాకార (Telugu script)
  • པྲཱཀཱར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “forward, before”) +‎ अ- (a-) +‎ कॄ (kṝ, “to heap, pile”).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्राकार • (prākāra) m

  1. a wall, enclosure, fence, rampart (esp. a surrounding wall elevated on a mound of earth)

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of प्राकार (prākāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्राकारः
prākāraḥ		 प्राकारौ
prākārau		 प्राकाराः / प्राकारासः¹
prākārāḥ / prākārāsaḥ¹
Vocative प्राकार
prākāra		 प्राकारौ
prākārau		 प्राकाराः / प्राकारासः¹
prākārāḥ / prākārāsaḥ¹
Accusative प्राकारम्
prākāram		 प्राकारौ
prākārau		 प्राकारान्
prākārān
Instrumental प्राकारेण
prākāreṇa		 प्राकाराभ्याम्
prākārābhyām		 प्राकारैः / प्राकारेभिः¹
prākāraiḥ / prākārebhiḥ¹
Dative प्राकाराय
prākārāya		 प्राकाराभ्याम्
prākārābhyām		 प्राकारेभ्यः
prākārebhyaḥ
Ablative प्राकारात्
prākārāt		 प्राकाराभ्याम्
prākārābhyām		 प्राकारेभ्यः
prākārebhyaḥ
Genitive प्राकारस्य
prākārasya		 प्राकारयोः
prākārayoḥ		 प्राकाराणाम्
prākārāṇām
Locative प्राकारे
prākāre		 प्राकारयोः
prākārayoḥ		 प्राकारेषु
prākāreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References
  • “प्राकार” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 349, column 1.
  • Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 184
  • Monier Williams (1899), “प्राकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 703/1.
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