prakfti
1 prakṛti , f. , once in Mv nt. in form (= Pali id. , Pv ii.8.9 saṃghe ārocayi pakatiṃ, told the occurrence to the [Page356-b] assembly of monks ; comm. 110.5 pakati-pavuttiṃ, doubtless the above-mentioned occurrence , the one here treated; not in this mg. in Skt. , but doubtless connected with the use of Skt. prakṛta mentioned s.v. 2 Prakṛti ), (above-mentioned) matter, occurrence, circumstance, story ; usually object of a form of ārocayati: kumārasyaināṃ prakṛtim ārocayanti sma LV 137.11 , told the prince this circumstance ; bodhisattvāya tāṃ prakṛtim ārocayati sma 143.18 ; similarly 200.16 ; 386.6 ; 407.8 ; teṣāṃ bhagavāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ etāṃ prakṛtiṃ vistareṇārocayati Mv i.246.11 ; tasya imāṃ prakṛtiṃ ārocehi 287.10 ; also with other verbs, etāṃ prakṛtiṃ śrutvā LV 157.13 , having heard this circumstance ; (tāṃ) prakṛtim ācikṣati (the verb is an em. , supported by the next) Mv i.244.6 ; as if nt. , tehi taṃ prakṛtiṃ ( n. sg. ) sarvam ( Senart em. -aṃ) ācikṣitaṃ Mv i.355.2 . See also s.v. caryā for prakṛti-caryā (here prakṛti in another, normal Skt. mg. ). [ Senart reads, in part with mss. of Mv , prakṛtyaiva for pratikṛ°, see pratikṛtya .]