Prakash is a common given name in Asian, Hindu, Sanskrit names and widely used in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. Prakash, is generally used as a masculine name. It is pronounced pruh-KAHSH. The word Prakash is derived from the Sanskrit word "prakāśa", literally meaning "Bright light" or "Sun light" or "Moon light" or simply "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". Hindu given names are from Sanskrit. Given names derive from a number of sources including Religion, Nature, family names and Sanskrit vocabulary words. Sacred Hindu texts are the source of most names. And these names generally contain a given name followed by some Number of secondary names. Secondary names are often patronyms, names derived from the Father, grandfather or other paternal ancestor, village names, occupation names, or names of Gods.
Notable persons with this name include:
Orthography
This is a name that is written in different ways in the various scripts of South Asia: Devanagari, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi: प्रकाश, Tamil:பிரகாஷ்.O, Telugu: ప్రకాష్, Kannada: ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್.O, Malayalam:പ്രകാശ്.O, Urdu: پرکاش.O, Bengali: প্রকাশ.O