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prakāra प्रकार – kind; manner; method

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

kind; manner; method

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

prakāra ·m. manner, way, sort, kind; °-- adj. like, -fold, abstr. °tva n.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Pra-kāra, as, m. sort, kind, species; way, mode, fashion, manner (in these and the preceding mean- ings frequently at the end of a comp., e. g. nānā- prakāra, of many kinds, manifold; tri-prakāra, of three kinds, threefold; cf. bahu-prakāram); similitude; difference; speciality.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

prakāra pra-kāra. See pra-kṛ, col. 3.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prakāra (von 1. kar mit pra) m. P. 6,3,122, Vārtt. 2, Sch. Art, Weise; = bheda und sādṛśya (sadṛśa, tulya) AK. 3,4,25,164. H. an. 3,573. MED. r. 181. HALĀY. 4,9. = vṛttānta AK. 3,4,14,66. = vidhā AK. 18,104. prakārairbahubhiḥ N. 13,13. taistaiḥ prakāraiḥ MBH. 1,7412. kena prakāreṇa PAÑCAT. 199,20. prakārāntareṇa ŚAṂK._zu_CHĀND. UP. S. 70. P. 5,3,69. P. 8,1,12. VOP. 7,44. VOP. 7,73. HALĀY. 5,101. caturbhiḥ prakāraiḥ VET. in LA. 11,3. prakārotkaraḥ eine Menge Arten (von Speisen) DHŪRTAS. 79,15. asvādhīnaṃ kathaṃ daivaṃ prakārairabhirādhyate durch dieses oder jenes Mittel R. 2,30,33. māṃsaprakārairvividhaiḥ mannichfache Arten von Fleisch MBH. 2,98. MBH. 13,2771. dravyaprakārāḥ YĀJÑ. 3,216. maṇiprakārāḥ ṚT. 1,2. kaścinmativiparyāsaprakāro hṛdi rohati RĀJA-TAR. 3,42. viḍamba˚ Spr. 2226, v. l. nirjharodakakaṇaprakārairāśvāsitaśarīraḥ PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 4,25. Häufig am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) H. 1462. naubhirgṛhaprakārābhiḥ hausartig, hausähnlich HARIV. 8357. ukta˚ SĀH. D. 20,18. abhineya˚ H. 285. nānā˚ mannichfach R. 1,30,16. SUŚR. 1,24,1. aneka˚ SUŚR. 15. SUŚR. 191,19. evaṃ˚ (s. auch bes.) SUŚR. 282,6. MBH. 1,4610. MĀRK. P. 52,12. tri˚ dreifach, dreierlei M. 12,51. YĀJÑ. 3,181. triḥ˚ MĀRK. P. 23,53. KULL._zu_M. 12,5. triṣprakāreṇa AV. PRĀT. 2,64, Sch. KAUŚ. 106. SUŚR. 1,23,16. SUŚR. 2,1,13. VĀYU-P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 48,b,25. SĀH. D. 16,16. bahuprakāram adv. auf vielerlei Art R. 2,88,25 (R. 2,96,27 GORR.). sarvaprakāram MĀRK. P. 62,31.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prakāra , tatprakāra derartig BHĀṢĀP. 134.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prakāra m. Art, Weise. kena prakāreṇa auf welche Weise? wie so? comment? KĀRAṆḌ. 14,11. prakārais auf diese oder jene Weise. rāmāyaṇasya bhāratasyavā eine Art Rāmāyaṇa oder Mahābhārata RĀJAT. 7,1740. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā) — Artig Nom. abstr. ˚tā f.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

prakāraḥ 1 Manner, mode, way, fashion; kaḥ prakāraḥ kimetat Māl. 5. 20. 2 Sort, kind, variety, species; oft. in comp.; bahuprakāra manifold; triprakāra, nānā˚ &c. 3 Similitude. 4 Speciality, special property or quality; tadvati tatprakārako'nubhavaḥ pramā T. S. 5 Difference.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prakāra m. Art, Weise; adj. —˚ artig. Abstr. ˚tā f.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

prakāra prakāra m. n. (kṛ) façon, manière; mode [semblable ou différent].

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.12-4.19: Path of Nāda 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 2.35-2.40: Jīva und Karma 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.95-4.100: Sahajolī und Amarolī 1 occurrence

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