As a deity name
Name 274 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
प्रकाशन · pra-kāśan · s.m.
Illuminating, giving light; making known, making clear or manifest, bringing to light; showing, pointing out — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 250
प्रकाशन · masculine
publishing (the business of publication); detailing, making clear
Śabdasāgara also records: प्रकाश करनेवाला । चमकीला । दीप्तिवान्
Cited formation "प्रकाशन" is प्रकाश + -न: प्रकाश means "light", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "प्रकाशन" is प्रकाशना + -न: प्रकाशना means "To illumine, &c., see pra-kāśan", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi प्रकाशन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रकाशन (prakāśana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pra-˚kāśana mfn. illuminating, giving light, RāmatUp.; MBh.
pra-˚kāśana n. illuminating, giving light
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
illuminating, giving light
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "prakāśana" is the vocative of "prakāśanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
pra-˚kāśana mfn. illuminating, giving light, RāmatUp.; MBh.
pra-˚kāśana n. illuminating, giving light
causing to appear, displaying, bringing to light, publicly showing or manifesting, Nir.; MBh.; Suśr. &c.
prakāśana a. Illuminating, making known &c. — naṃ 1 Making known or manifest, bringing to light, disclosing. 2 Displaying, manifesting. 3 Illuminating, giving light, irradiating, making bright. 4 Announcement, declaration. — naḥ N. of Viṣṇu. — nā Explaining, teaching.
prakāśana n. (-naṃ) 1 Illuminating, giving light. 2 Making clear or manifest. E. pra before, kāśa to shine, lyuṭ aff.
pra-˚kāśanā f. teaching, L.
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