Prakash is a commonly used given name

Given name

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 used in India

India

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, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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 and Nepal

Nepal

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. The word Prakash is derived from the Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 word Prakaash, literally meaning "Bright light" or "Sun light" or "Moon light" or simply "Light". Or literally, you can consider 'Prakash' as the elightenment or full of 'wisdom' as well.

It may refer to:

• Prakash Raj
  Prakash Raj
  Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...
  
  
• Prakash Bhandari
  Prakash Bhandari
  Prakash Bhandari represented India in Test cricket.Bhandari was an attacking right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler. He appeared for Delhi Schools and Delhi University in All India competitions between 1951–52 and 1956-57. He led Delhi University in the Rohinton Baria interuniversity...
  
  
• Prakash Rai
• Prakash Amritraj
  Prakash Amritraj
  Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...
  
  
• Prakash Padukone
  Prakash Padukone
  Prakash Padukone is a former badminton player from Karnataka, India. Among other championships, he won the All England Championship and became the first Indian to do so. Prakash was awarded the Padma Sri in 1982...
  
  
• Prakash Mehra
  Prakash Mehra
  -Career:Born on 13 July 1939 at Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mehra started in the late 1950s as a production controller. In 1968, he directed Shashi Kapoor who played a double role in Haseena Maan Jayegi. This was followed by the 1971 hit Mela starring the Khan brothers together. In 1973, he...
  
  
• Prakash Jha
  Prakash Jha
  Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul , Mrityudand , Gangaajal , Apaharan and multistarrer hit movie Raajneeti...
  
  
• Prakash Karat
  Prakash Karat
  Prakash Karat , born on February 7, 1948 in Letpadan, Burma is a communist politician in India and the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of India since 2005.-Education and early career:...
  
  
• Prakash John
  Prakash John
  Prakash John is a Canadian rock bassist.Born in Bombay, India, John was a student at the Cathedral and John Connon School, enrolling at the age of four in 1951. He migrated to Toronto in 1960....
  
  
• Prakash Vir Shastri
  Prakash Vir Shastri
  Pandit Prakash Vir Shastri was a noted Member of the Parliament of India .Born on December 30, 1923 as Om Prakash Tyagi in the village of Rehra to a sepoy father, he earned his Shastri degree from Banaras Hindu University.- Career :Shastri was born in the village of Rehra in the J.P...
  
  

Orthography

The name is written in different ways in the various scripts of South Asia: Devanagari

Devanagari

Devanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...

 (Hindi, Nepali, Marathi): प्रकाश, Tamil

Tamil language

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:பிரகாஷ்.O, Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

: ప్రకాష్.O, Kannada: ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್.O, Malayalam:പ്രകാശ്.O, Urdu

Urdu

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: پرکاش.O, Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

: প্রকাশ.O