Prakash

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 prakāśa, meaning "bright light" or "sun light" or "moon light" or "light", from a combination of pra meaning "forth" and kāśa meaning "shining." Hence the meaning "luminous; shining forth". Metaphorically, it designates the person as a source of enlightenment or wisdom.

Film

• Prakash (film), 2022 Nepali film

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

See also

• Prakasam district, a district in Andhra Pradesh, India