As a deity name
Name 295 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the Śakti or personified energy or wife of a deity, as Lakṣmī, Durgā &c.; also considered as ide…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "prakṛtaye" is the dative of "prakṛti" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
pra-˚kṛti f. See next p.
pra-kṛti f. ‘making or placing before or at first’, the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance (opp. to vi-kṛti, q.v.), Prāt.; Nir.; Jaim.; MBh.
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