प्राकार

See also: परकार and प्रकार

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰাকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• প্রাকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပြာကာရ (Burmese script)
• પ્રાકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਾਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦴꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಾಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• ប្រាការ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣາກາຣ (Lao script)
• പ്രാകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରାକାର (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රාකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ப்ராகார (Tamil script)
• ప్రాకార (Telugu script)
• ปฺราการ (Thai script)
• པྲཱ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly Sanskritisation of a loan from Munda (compare Santali ᱯᱟᱜᱟᱨ (pagar, “fence”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɑːˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

प्राकार • (prākāra) stem, m

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

   Synonym: प्राचीर (prācīra)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्राकार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्राकारः (prākāraḥ)	प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹)	प्राकाराः (prākārāḥ) प्राकारासः¹ (prākārāsaḥ¹)
vocative	प्राकार (prākāra)	प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹)	प्राकाराः (prākārāḥ) प्राकारासः¹ (prākārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	प्राकारम् (prākāram)	प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹)	प्राकारान् (prākārān)
instrumental	प्राकारेण (prākāreṇa)	प्राकाराभ्याम् (prākārābhyām)	प्राकारैः (prākāraiḥ) प्राकारेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: pākāra
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (pākāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀕𑀸𑀭 (pāgāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀭 (pāyāra), 𑀧𑀬𑀸𑀭 (payāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀭 (pāāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀭 (pāra)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ފާރު (fāru)
      • Sinhalese: පවුර (pawura)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: पारा (pārā)

Borrowed terms

• → Tamil: பாகார் (pākār), பிராகாரம் (pirākāram)
• → Assamese: প্ৰাকাৰ (prakar) (learned)
• → Bengali: প্রাকার (prakar) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: प्राकार (prākār)

• → Khmer: ប្រាការ (praakaa) (learned)
• → Marathi: प्राकार (prākār) (learned)
• → Odia: ପ୍ରାକାର (prākāra) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: ප්‍රාකාරය (prākāraya) (learned)
• → Telugu: ప్రాకారము (prākāramu) (learned)
• → Thai: ปราการ (bpraa-gaan) (learned)

Further reading

• “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 Anthony Macdonell (1893) “प्राकार”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 184
• Monier Williams (1899) “प्राकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 703/1.