Dictionary meanings for prākṛta from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (tā-tī f.) [prakṛterayaṃ prakṛ- tyā nirvṛtto vā aṇ] 1 Original, natur- al, unaltered, unmodified; syātāma- mitrau mitre ca sahajaprākṛtāvapi Śi. 2. 36 (see Malli. thereon).
2 Usual, common, ordinary.
3 Uncultivat- ed, vulgar, unrefined, illiterate; prākṛta iva paribhūyamānamātmānaṃ na ruṇatsi K. 146; Bg. 18. 28.
4 Insignifi- cant, unimportant, trifling; Mu. 1.
5 Derived from Prakṛti, q. v.; [Page0770-a+...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A, or I) n. (fr. pra-kṛti) original, natural, artless, normal, ordinary, usual S3Br. &c 703,1 139044 mf (A, or I) n. low, vulgar, unrefined Mn.; MBh. &c 703,1 139045 mf (A, or I) n. provincial, vernacular, Pra1kritic Prakritic Vcar. 703,1 139046 mf (A, or I) n. (in Sa1m2khya sāṃkhya) belonging to or derived from Prakr2iti prakṛti or the original element 703,1 139047
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