Prakash Explained
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. The word prakash is derived from the Sanskrit word Sanskrit: prakāśa, meaning "bright light" or "sun light" or "moon light" or "light", from a combination of Sanskrit: pra meaning "forth" and Sanskrit: kāśa meaning "shining." Hence the meaning "luminous; shining forth". Metaphorically, it designates the person as a source of enlightenment or wisdom.
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Notable people
Notable persons with this given 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 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
- Prakash Kumar Singh chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited
Surname
- Aditya Prakash (architect) (1924–2008), Indian architect, painter, and author
- Aditya Prakash (badminton) (born 1990), Indian badminton player
- Amrita Prakash (born 1987), Indian actress in Hindi cinema
- Balaji Prakash (born 1968), Indian structural biologist and biochemist
- Cedric Prakash (born 1951), Indian Catholic priest and human rights activist
- Jose Prakash (1925–2012), Indian actor and singer in Malayalam cinema
- Khemchand Prakash (1907–1950), Indian musical composer for the Hindi film industry
- Madappa Prakash (born 1953), Indian-American physicist
- Neil Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi (Arabic: أبو خالد الكمبودي), an Australian-born member of the Islamic State group
- Satya Prakash (born 1929), Indian physicist
- Tejasswi Prakash (born 1993), Indian actress in Hindi television
- Uday Prakash (born 1952), Indian author, scholar, and journalist
- Varshini Prakash, American climate activist
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