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. Ex:Ojasvee Prakash Vishwakarma. 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 Gods.
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 Neupane, Nepalese singer
- 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