aprakASa a. 1 Not shining or bright, dark, wanting in brightness ( fig. also); prakASaScAprakASaSca lokAlokaM ivAcalaH R. 1. 68. 2 Selfilluminated. 3 Hidden, secret, concealed; Ms. 8. 251 ; 9. 256. — SaM, -Se ind. In secret, secretly; ahamaprakASe tizWAmi M. 4 ; satyavatyA haste'prakASaM nikziptaH V. 5 secretly. — SaH Indistinctness, secrecy; a secret.