1 Excellence, eminence, su- periority; vapuḥprakarṣādajayadguruṃ raghuḥ R. 3. 34; varṇaprakarṣe sati Ku. 3. 28.

2 Intensity, high degree, excess; pra- karṣagatena śokasaṃtānena U. 3.

3 Strength, power.

4 Absoluteness.

5 Length, protraction.

6 Speciality.

7 Universality. (prakarṣeṇa and prakarṣāt are used adverbially in the sense of ‘exceedingly’, ‘pre-eminently’, ‘in a high degree’).