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. Prakash is generally used as a masculine name. The word prakash is derived from the Sanskrit word , meaning "bright light" or "sun light" or "moon light" or "light", from a combination of meaning "forth" and meaning "shining." Hence the meaning "luminous; shining forth". Metaphorically, it designates the person as a source of enlightenment or wisdom .

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

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Notable persons with this given name include: *

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

, 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 Vanchit Bahujan Agadi. He is a three-time Member of Parliament (MP ...

(born 1954), Indian politician from Maharashtra *

Prakash Amritraj Prakash Amritraj (born October 2, 1983) is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who represented India in international tournaments. He is the son of former Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj. Background Prakash Amritraj is th ...

(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 Indian Test cricketer. Career Bhandari was an attacking right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler. He appeared for Delhi Schools and Delhi University in All India competitions ...

(born 1935), Indian cricketer * Prakash Dahake, Indian politician from Maharashtra *

Prakash Javadekar Prakash Keshav Javadekar (born 30 January 1951) is an Indian politician and former parliamentarian. He served as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change two times, from May 2014 to July 2016 and from May 2019 to July 2021. Java ...

(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 (film), Hip Hip Hurray'' (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand ...

(born 1952), Indian film producer-director-screenwriter *

Prakash John Prakash John is an Indian-Canadian rock and rhythm & blues bassist. He is known as one of the originators of the ' Toronto sound'. Early years John was born in Mumbai, India, in 1947. At age four, he was enrolled at the prestigious Protestant ...

(born 1947), Canadian rock bassist *

Prakash Karat Prakash Karat (born 7 February 1948) is an Indian Communist politician. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 2005 to 2015. He served as interim co-ordinator of CPM after the death of incumbent General Secr ...

(born 1948), Indian communist politician *

Prakash Mehra Prakash Mehra (13 July 1939 – 17 May 2009) was a legendary Indian film director and producer known for his work in Hindi films. He was one of the pioneers of masala films, along with Nasir Hussain, and Manmohan Desai. His collaborations wi ...

(1939–2009), Indian Hindi film producer and director *

Prakash Munda Prakash Rameshwar Munda (born 7 November 1991) 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 The Jharkhand cricket ...

, Indian cricketer *

Prakash Padukone Prakash Padukone (born 10 June 1955) is an Indian former 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 Persad Prakash Persad is a Trinidad and Tobago politician representing the United National Congress (UNC). Career Persad was President of the University of Trinidad and Tobago. Following the 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election, he joined the S ...

, Trinidad and Tobago politician *

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 Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...

(born 1965), Indian film actor, director, producer and television presenter *

Prakash Vir Shastri Prakash Vir Shastri (30 December 1923 – 23 November 1977) was a Member of the Parliament of India (Sansad) and was also a leader in the Arya Samaj movement. Career Shastri was born to Dalipsingh Tyagi on 30 December 1923 in the Rehra ...

(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 ...

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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 developmen ...

(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 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He competed at the 2008 Commonwealth Y ...

(born 1990), Indian badminton player *

Amrita Prakash Amrita Prakash is an Indian film actress. She began her acting career when she was four years old, and has acted in both Bollywood and Malayalam films. She has since, been seen in a myriad of Bollywood Films, TVCs and television reality and ...

(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 and professor, biological and life sciences, at the School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, since July 2020. Prior to this he ...

(born 1968), Indian structural biologist and biochemist * Cedric Prakash (born 1951), Indian Catholic priest and human rights activist *

Jose Prakash Kunnel Joseph Joseph, better known by his stage name, Jose Prakash (14 April 1925 – 24 March 2012) was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was a singer turned actor who had appeared in more than 300 films mostly in a ...

(1925–2012), Indian actor and singer in Malayalam cinema *

Khemchand Prakash Khemchand Prakash (12 December 1907 – 10 August 1950) 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 Mangeshk ...

(1907–1950), Indian musical composer for the Hindi film industry * Madappa Prakash (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 (physicist) Satya Prakash (born 1 July 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 protég� ...

(born 1929), Indian physicist *

Tejasswi Prakash Tejasswi Prakash Wayangankar (born 10 June 1993), professionally known as Tejasswi Prakash is an India, Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television and Marathi language, Marathi films. She is best known for portraying Ragini Gadodia ...

(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 freelanc ...

(born 1952), Indian author, scholar, and journalist * Varshini Prakash, American climate activist

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