prakṛti

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti, “nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra.k(ə̆)r.ti/
• Rhymes: -ti
• Hyphenation: pra‧kṛ‧ti

Noun

prakṛti

1. nature
2. character, disposition
3. pattern, standard, model
4. (literature) chanda of 21 syllables

Alternative forms

• prakṛta
• prākṛta

Derived terms

• dāruṇaprakṛti
• jagatprakṛti
• nīcaprakṛti
• prakṛtibhūṣaṇa
• prakṛtiduṣṭa
• prakṛtiloka
• prakṛtipuruṣāntara
• rājaprakṛti
• rākṣasaprakṛti
• sandhiprakṛti

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦏꦼꦂꦠꦶ (pakerti) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: pekerti

Further reading

• "prakṛti" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.