Prakash is a common

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in Asian,

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, Sanskrit

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s and widely used in Nepal, India and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. 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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Notable persons with this given name include: *

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 de ...

, 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 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 (1907–1950), Indian musical composer for the Hindi film industry *

Madappa Prakash Madappa Prakash (born December 28, 1953, in Mysore) is an Indian-American nuclear physicist and astrophysicist, known for his research on the physics of neutron stars and heavy-ion collisions. Education and career Prakash grew up in Mysore. At th ...

(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 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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