prakritin.

Brit.

/ˈprɑːkrᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈprɑkrədi/

Forms: 1700s pracriti, 1700s prakreetee, 1700s prakreety, 1800s– prakriti, 1800s– prakrti, 1800s– prakruti. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit prakṛti.

Etymology: < Sanskrit prakṛti basis, nature, norm, (in philosophy) matter, (in medicine) physical constitution < pra-kṛ- to produce.

Hinduism.

1. Matter, nature; (esp. in Sankhya philosophy) one of two principles which, when united with the other (soul or purusha) in three different qualities (gunas), gives rise to the world. Cf. Purusha n., guna n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > first or uncreated matter

hylec1400

materia prima1551

prakriti1785

protyle1886

prima materia1906

1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā 142 God is represented under the figure of Măhā-Pŏŏrŏŏsh, the great man or prime progenitor; in conjunction with Prăkrĕĕtĕĕ, nature or first principle, under the emblem of a female engendering the world with his..supernatural power.

1832 Asiatic Researches 17 212 Nature, Prakŕiti..is defined to be of eternal existence and independent origin, distinct from the supreme spirit..the plastic origin of all things.

1913 J. N. Farquhar Crown of Hinduism vi. 237 [Sāṅkhya]..teaches the existence of prakṛiti, an eternal fundamental substance from which all phenomenal nature arises.

1953 F. Vreede Living Hindu Philos. iv. 27 The opposition of purusha to prakriti represents the complementarity of two universal aspects of reality: ‘essence’ and ‘substance’.

1999 M. Thompson Teach yourself Eastern Philos. vii. 191 Compare this with Sankhya philosophy.., where we have a metaphysics which presents the world as a union of prakriti (matter—feminine) and purusha (souls—masculine).

2. This principle as a constituent of the self or of human nature; (in Ayurvedic medicine) a person's constitutional type.

ΚΠ

1941 A. C. Bouquet Compar. Relig. vii. 101 Selves are destined to enter into connexion with prakrti in order that through this experience they may become conscious of their absolute and complete independence of it.

1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 Mar. x. 1 Women are just like men are—little bits of purusha caught in prakriti.

1997 Guardian 29 Apr. ii. 12/3 An initial consultation, typically lasting 20 to 30 minutes, is designed to establish a patient's type (prakruti) and the best treatment to correct any imbalance.

2004 Hindu (Nexis) 6 Sept. Triphala choornam can be taken in appropriate doses according to the prakriti.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prakriti
释义	prakritin. Brit. /ˈprɑːkrᵻti/, U.S. /ˈprɑkrədi/ Forms: 1700s pracriti, 1700s prakreetee, 1700s prakreety, 1800s– prakriti, 1800s– prakrti, 1800s– prakruti. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit prakṛti. Etymology: < Sanskrit prakṛti basis, nature, norm, (in philosophy) matter, (in medicine) physical constitution < pra-kṛ- to produce. Hinduism. 1. Matter, nature; (esp. in Sankhya philosophy) one of two principles which, when united with the other (soul or purusha) in three different qualities (gunas), gives rise to the world. Cf. Purusha n., guna n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > first or uncreated matter hylec1400 materia prima1551 prakriti1785 protyle1886 prima materia1906 1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā 142 God is represented under the figure of Măhā-Pŏŏrŏŏsh, the great man or prime progenitor; in conjunction with Prăkrĕĕtĕĕ, nature or first principle, under the emblem of a female engendering the world with his..supernatural power. 1832 Asiatic Researches 17 212 Nature, Prakŕiti..is defined to be of eternal existence and independent origin, distinct from the supreme spirit..the plastic origin of all things. 1913 J. N. Farquhar Crown of Hinduism vi. 237 [Sāṅkhya]..teaches the existence of prakṛiti, an eternal fundamental substance from which all phenomenal nature arises. 1953 F. Vreede Living Hindu Philos. iv. 27 The opposition of purusha to prakriti represents the complementarity of two universal aspects of reality: ‘essence’ and ‘substance’. 1999 M. Thompson Teach yourself Eastern Philos. vii. 191 Compare this with Sankhya philosophy.., where we have a metaphysics which presents the world as a union of prakriti (matter—feminine) and purusha (souls—masculine). 2. This principle as a constituent of the self or of human nature; (in Ayurvedic medicine) a person's constitutional type. ΚΠ 1941 A. C. Bouquet Compar. Relig. vii. 101 Selves are destined to enter into connexion with prakrti in order that through this experience they may become conscious of their absolute and complete independence of it. 1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 Mar. x. 1 Women are just like men are—little bits of purusha caught in prakriti. 1997 Guardian 29 Apr. ii. 12/3 An initial consultation, typically lasting 20 to 30 minutes, is designed to establish a patient's type (prakruti) and the best treatment to correct any imbalance. 2004 Hindu (Nexis) 6 Sept. Triphala choornam can be taken in appropriate doses according to the prakriti. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785
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