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Prakāra

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Prakāra literally means ‘mode’.

This is a technical term used in some philosophical works of Nyāya[1] and Mīmānsā.[2] A prakāra is that which distinguishes something from the common group. For instance, dravya or a substance is stated to be of nine types. Pṛthvi,[3] one of them is a prakāra or mode of that dravya. In the phrase ‘daṇḍavān puruṣah’[4] daṇḍa or stick is the prakāra or mode that distinguishes him from others. Implication and similarity are other senses in which the word is used.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Nyāya means logic.
  2. ↑ Mīmānsā means Vedic ritualism.
  3. ↑ Pṛthvi means earth.
  4. ↑ Daṇḍavān puruṣah means the person with the stick.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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