prakftiH f. 1 The natural condition or state of anything, nature, natural form ( opp. vikfti which is a change or effect); prakftyA yadvakraM Ś. 1. 9 ; uzRatvamagnyAtapasaMprayogAt SEtyaM hi yatsA prakftirjalasya R. 5. 54 ; maraRaM prakftiH SarIriRAM vikftirjIvitamucyate buDEH R. 8. 87 ; U. 7. 19 ; apehi re atraBavAn prakftimApannaH Ś. 2 ‘has resumed his wonted nature’; prakftimApaw or pratipad or prakftO sTA ‘to come to one's senses’, ‘regain one's ( pb ) consciousness’. 2 Natural disposition, temper, temperament, nature, constitution; prakftiH Kalu sA mahIyasaH sahate nAnyasamunnatiM yayA Ki. 2. 21 ; kaTaM gata eva AtmanaH prakftiM Ś. 7 ‘natural character’; so prakftikfpaRa, prakftisidDa see below. 3 Make, form, figure; mahAnuBAvaprakftiH Māl. 1. 4 Extraction, descent; gopAlaprakftirAryakosmi Mk. 7. 5 Origin, source, original or material cause, the material of which anything is made; prakftiScopAdAnakAraRaM ca brahyAByupagaMtavyaM Ś. B. (see the full discussion on Br. Sūt. I. 4. 23 ); yAmAhuH sarvaBUtaprakftiriti Ś. 1. 1. 6 (In Sān. phil. ) Nature (as distinguished from puruza ,) the original source of the material world, consisting of the three essential qualities sattva, rajas and tamas . 7 (In gram. ) The radical or crude form of a word to which caseterminations and other affixes are applied 8 A model, pattern, standard, (especially in ritualistic works). 9 A woman. 10 The personified will of the Supreme Spirit in the creation (identified with mAyA or illusion); Bg. 9. 10. 11 The male or female organ of generation. 12 A mother. 13 (In arith.) A co-efficient, or multiplier. 14 (In anatomy) Temperament of the humours. 15 An animal. 16 An artisan. 17 The Supreme Being. - pl. 1 A king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry; R. 12. 12 ; Pt. 1. 48 , 301. 2 The subjects (of a king); pravartatAM prakftihitAya pArTivaH Ś. 7. 35 ; nfpatiH prakftIravekzituM R. 8. 18 , 10. 3 The constituent elements of the state ( saptAMgAni ), i. e. 1. the king; 2. the minister; 3. the allies; 4. treasure; 5. army; 6. territory; 7. fortresses &c.; and the corporations of citizens (which is sometimes added to the 7); svAmyamAtyasuhftkoSarAzwradurgabalAni ca Ak. 4 The various sovereigns to be considered in case of war; (for full explanation see Kull. on Ms. 7. 155 and 157 ). 5 The eight primary elements out of which everything else is evolved according to the Sānkhyas; see Sāṅ. K. 3. 6 The five primary elements of creations ( ( pb ) paMcamahABUtAni ); i. e. pfTvI, ap, tejas , vAyu , and AkASa . Comp. — ISaH a king or magistrate. — kfpaRa a. naturally slow or unable to discern; Me. 5. — guRaH one of the three constituent qualities of nature; see guRa . — ja a. innate, inborn, natural. — tarala a. fickle by nature, naturally inconsistent; Amaru. 27. — puruzaH a minister, a functionary (of the state); Me. 6. — BAva a. natural, usual. — (vaH) natural or original state. — maMqalaM the whole territory or kingdom; R. 9. 2. — layaH absorption into the Prakṛti, dissolution of the universe. — sidDa a. inborn, innate, natural; Bh. 2. 52. — suBaga a. naturally lovely or agreeable. — sTa a. 1 being in the natural state or condition, natural, genuine. 2 inherent, innate, incidental to nature; R. 8. 21. 3 healthy, in good health. 4 recovered. 5 come to oneself. 6 stripped of everything, bare.