प्रभाकर

Sanskrit

Etymology

From प्रभा (prabhā) +‎ कर (kara).

Noun

प्रभाकर • (prabhākara) stem, m

‘light-maker’, the sun (du. sun and moon) (MBh. Kāv. Kathās.)
the moon
fire

Proper noun

प्रभाकर • (prabhākara) stem, m

a name of Siva
the name of a class of deities under the 8th Manu (MārkP.)
the name of a serpent-demon (MBh.)
the name of a sage of the race of Atri (Hariv. Pur.)

Descendants

→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ (prabhākara)
→ Tamil: பிரபாகரன் (pirapākaraṉ)
→ Telugu: ప్రభాకరుడు (prabhākaruḍu)
→ Bengali: প্রভাকর (probhakor)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रभाकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 634.

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