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. 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". Metaphorically, it designates the person as a source of enlightenment or wisdom. From the Sanskrit 'pra' meaning "forth" and 'kāśa' meaning "shining." Hence the meaning "luminous; shining forth".

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* ''Prakash'' (film), 2022 Nepali film

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Prakash (film director) Prakash (film director) is a Kannada film director who made commercially successful movies like '' Milana'', '' Vamshi'', '' Khushi'', and more. Career He entered Kannada film industry renouncing Investment banker job in United Kingdom. He debu ...

, Kannada film director *

Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, is an Indian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the president of political party called Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh. He is a three-time Member of Parliament ...

(born 1954), Indian politician from Maharashtra * Prakash Amritraj (born 1983), Indian tennis player *

Prakash Amte Prakash Baba Amte is a social worker from Maharashtra, India. Amte and his wife, Mandakini Amte, were awarded the Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership'Prakash Bare Prakash Bare is an Indian theater and film actor focusing on Malayalam, English and other south Indian language productions. Starting with the 2010 Malayalam film Sufi Paranja Katha, Prakash has acted in more than 30 films directed by some of ...

, Indian Malayalam actor *

Prakash Bhandari Prakash Bhandari (born 27 November 1935 in Delhi ) is a former cricketer who represented India in Test cricket. Career Bhandari was an attacking right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler. He appeared for Delhi Schools and Delhi Universit ...

(born 1935), Indian cricketer *

Prakash Dahake Prakash Uttamrao Dahake was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, representing Karanja. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party ...

, Indian politician from Maharashtra *

Prakash Javadekar Prakash Keshav Javadekar (born 30 January 1951) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change from 30 May 2019 till 7 July 2021. Javadekar was ...

(born 1951), Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh *

Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...

(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 Prakash Rameshwar Munda (born 7 November 1991, Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Jharkhand cricket team. He was a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. He is a first tribal to play in Jharkhand cricket team T ...

, Indian cricketer *

Prakash Padukone Prakash Padukone (born 10 June 1955) is a former Indian badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 ...

(born 1955), Indian badminton player *

Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam-language films, he is the recipient of several ...

(born 1965), Indian film actor, director, producer and television presenter * Prakash Vir Shastri (1923–1977), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh *

Prakash Kumar Singh Prakash Kumar Singh, is the Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited, SAIL, one of the largest state-owned steel making company based in India and one of the major steel makers in world. Career P K Singh obtained his degree in Metallurgy fr ...

chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited

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Aditya Prakash (architect) Aditya Prakash (;10 March 1924, Muzaffarnagar – 12 August 2008 in Ratlam), was an architect, painter, academic and published author. He belonged to the first generation of Indian Modernists closely associated with Chandigarh and the developme ...

(1924–2008), Indian architect, painter, and author *

Aditya Prakash (badminton) Aditya Prakash (born 7 September 1990) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays singles. He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2010 South Asian Games The 2010 South Asian Games, officially the XI South Asi ...

(born 1990), Indian badminton player * Amrita Prakash (born 1987), Indian actress in Hindi cinema *

Balaji Prakash Balaji Prakash (born 1968) is an Indian structural biologist, biochemist and the Associate Dean of Sciences & Professor, Biological and Life Sciences, at the School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, since July 2020. Prior to this he se ...

(born 1968), Indian structural biologist and biochemist *

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash, (born 3 November 1951), is a Catholic priest and a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) of Gujarat in India. He is currently based in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat in Western India. He is well known for his work on human righ ...

(born 1951), Indian Catholic priest and human rights activist * Jose Prakash (1925–2012), Indian actor and singer in Malayalam cinema *

Khemchand Prakash Khemchand Prakash (12 December 1907 – 10 August 1949) was a music composer in the Hindi film industry. He had few peers in 1940s, the decade for Indian film music which started with Saigal very active on the scene and ended with Lata Mangeshkar ...

(1907–1950), Indian musical composer for the Hindi film industry * Madappa Prakash (born 1953), Indian-American physicist *

Neil Prakash Neil Christopher Prakash (born 7 May 1991), known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi ( ar, أبو خالد الكمبودي), is a former member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Islamic State group, whose Australian citizenship was revoked in Dec ...

, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi (Arabic: أبو خالد الكمبودي), an Australian-born member of the Islamic State group *

Satya Prakash Satya Prakash (born 1929) is an Indian plasma physicist and a former senior professor at the Physical Research Laboratory. He is known for his studies on Langmuir probes and other contributions in space and plasma sciences. A protégé of Vikra ...

(born 1929), Indian physicist *

Tejasswi Prakash Tejasswi Prakash Wayangankar (born 10 June 1993) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television and Marathi cinema. She made her acting debut with ''2612'' and later on appeared in '' Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki'' (2013). Prakash is best k ...

(born 1993), Indian actress in Hindi television *

Uday Prakash Uday Prakash (born 1 January 1952) is a Hindi poet, scholar, journalist, translator and short story writer from India. He has worked as administrator, editor, researcher, and TV director. He writes for major dailies and periodicals as a freelance ...

(born 1952), Indian author, scholar, and journalist *

Varshini Prakash Varshini Prakash (born 1992/1993) is an American climate activist and executive director of the Sunrise Movement, a 501(c)(4) organization which she co-founded in 2017. She was named on the 2019 Time 100 Next list, and was a corecipient of the ...

, American climate activist

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