Prakash

Prakash is a common given name in Asian, Hindu, Sanskrit names and widely used in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. Prakash, is generally used as a masculine name. It is pronounced pruh-KAHSH. The word Prakash is derived from the Sanskrit word "prakāśa", literally meaning "Bright light" or "Sun light" or "Moon light" or simply "Light". Metaphorically, it designates the person as a source of enlightenment or wisdom. From the Sanskrit 'pra' meaning "forth" and 'kāśa' meaning "shining." Hence the meaning "luminous; shining forth". Hindu given names are from Sanskrit. Given names derive from a number of sources including Religion, Nature, family names and Sanskrit vocabulary words. Sacred Hindu texts are the source of most names. And these names generally contain a given name followed by some Number of secondary names. Secondary names are often patronyms, names derived from the Father, grandfather or other paternal ancestor, village names, occupation names, or names of God.

Notable people[]

Notable persons with this name include:

Prakash (film director), Kannada film director
Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (born 1954), Indian politician from Maharashtra
Prakash Amritraj (born 1983), Indian tennis player
Prakash Amte, Indian medical doctor and social worker
Prakash Bare, Indian Malayalam actor
Prakash Bhandari (born 1935), Indian cricketer
Prakash Dahake, Indian politician from Maharashtra
Prakash Javadekar (born 1951), Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh
Prakash Jha (born 1952), Indian film producer-director-screenwriter
Prakash John (born 1947), Canadian rock bassist
Prakash Karat (born 1948), Indian communist politician
Prakash Mehra (1939–2009), Indian Hindi film producer and director
Prakash Munda, Indian cricketer
Prakash Padukone (born 1955), Indian badminton player
Prakash Raj (born 1965), Indian film actor, director, producer and television presenter
Prakash Vir Shastri (1923–1977), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
Neil Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi (Arabic: أبو خالد الكمبودي), an Australian-born member of the Islamic State group
Prakash Kumar Singh chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited

Orthography[]

This is a name that is written in different ways in the various scripts of South Asia: Hindi, Nepali, Marathi: प्रकाश, Tamil:பிரகாஷ்.O, Telugu: ప్రకాష్, Kannada: ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್.O, Malayalam:പ്രകാശ്.O, Urdu: پرکاش.O, Bengali: প্রকাশ.O^{[citation needed]}

Prakash

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