# Prakash

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'''Prakash''' is a common [masculine given name](/source/masculine_given_name) and surname in [South Asia](/source/South_Asia), widely used in [Nepal](/source/Nepal), [India](/source/India) and [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka). The word prakash is derived from the [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit) word {{lang|sa-Latn|prakāśa}}, meaning "bright light" or "sun light" or "moon light" or "light", from a combination of {{lang|sa-Latn|pra}} meaning "forth" and {{lang|sa-Latn|kāśa}} meaning "shining." Hence the meaning "luminous; shining forth". Metaphorically, it designates the person as a source of enlightenment or wisdom.

==Given name==
Notable persons with this given name include:
* [Prakash (film director)](/source/Prakash_(film_director)), Kannada film director 
* [Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar](/source/Prakash_Yashwant_Ambedkar) (born 1954), Indian politician from  Maharashtra
* [Prakash Amritraj](/source/Prakash_Amritraj) (born 1983), Indian tennis player 
* [Prakash Amte](/source/Prakash_Amte), Indian medical doctor and social worker
* [Prakash Bare](/source/Prakash_Bare), Indian Malayalam actor
* [Prakash Bhandari](/source/Prakash_Bhandari) (born 1935), Indian cricketer
* [Prakash Dahake](/source/Prakash_Dahake), Indian politician from Maharashtra
* [Prakash Javadekar](/source/Prakash_Javadekar) (born 1951), Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh
* [Prakash Jha](/source/Prakash_Jha) (born 1952), Indian film producer-director-screenwriter 
* [Prakash John](/source/Prakash_John) (born 1947), Canadian rock bassist
* [Prakash Karat](/source/Prakash_Karat) (born 1948), Indian communist politician 
* [Prakash Mehra](/source/Prakash_Mehra) (1939–2009), Indian Hindi film producer and director 
* [Prakash Munda](/source/Prakash_Munda), Indian cricketer
* [Prakash Padukone](/source/Prakash_Padukone) (born 1955), Indian badminton player
* [Prakash Persad](/source/Prakash_Persad), Trinidad and Tobago politician
* [Prakash Raj](/source/Prakash_Raj) (born 1965), Indian film actor, director, producer and television presenter
* [Prakash Vir Shastri](/source/Prakash_Vir_Shastri) (1923–1977), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
* [Prakash Kumar Singh](/source/Prakash_Kumar_Singh) chairman of [Steel Authority of India Limited](/source/Steel_Authority_of_India_Limited)

==Surname==
* [Aditya Prakash (architect)](/source/Aditya_Prakash_(architect)) (1924–2008), Indian architect, painter, and author
* [Aditya Prakash (badminton)](/source/Aditya_Prakash_(badminton)) (born 1990), Indian badminton player
* [Amrita Prakash](/source/Amrita_Prakash) (born 1987), Indian actress in Hindi cinema
* [Balaji Prakash](/source/Balaji_Prakash) (born 1968), Indian structural biologist and biochemist
* [Cedric Prakash](/source/Cedric_Prakash) (born 1951), Indian Catholic priest and human rights activist
* [Jose Prakash](/source/Jose_Prakash) (1925–2012), Indian actor and singer in Malayalam cinema
* [Khemchand Prakash](/source/Khemchand_Prakash) (1907–1950), Indian musical composer for the Hindi film industry
* [Madappa Prakash](/source/Madappa_Prakash) (born 1953), Indian-American physicist
* [Neil Prakash](/source/Neil_Prakash), also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi (Arabic: أبو خالد الكمبودي), an Australian-born member of the Islamic State group
* [Satya Prakash (physicist)](/source/Satya_Prakash_(physicist)) (born 1929), Indian physicist
* [Tejasswi Prakash](/source/Tejasswi_Prakash) (born 1993), Indian actress in Hindi television
* [Uday Prakash](/source/Uday_Prakash) (born 1952), Indian author, scholar, and journalist
* [Varshini Prakash](/source/Varshini_Prakash), American climate activist

== See also ==
* [''Prakash'' (film)](/source/Prakash_(film)), 2022 Nepali film
* [Prakasam district](/source/Prakasam_district), a district in Andhra Pradesh, India

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