f. 1 The natural condition or state of anything, nature, na- tural form (opp. vikṛti which is a change or effect); prakṛtyā yadvakraṃ Ś. 1. 9; uṣṇatvamagnyātapasaṃprayogāt śaityaṃ hi yatsā prakṛtirjalasya R. 5. 54; maraṇaṃ prakṛtiḥ śarīriṇāṃ vikṛtirjīvitamucyate bu- dhaiḥ R. 8. 87; U. 7. 19; apehi re a- trabhavān prakṛtimāpannaḥ Ś. 2 ‘has re- sumed his wonted nature’; prakṛtimā- paṭ or pratipad or prakṛtau sthā ‘to...