Prakash

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

Film

 * Prakash (film), 2022 Nepali film

Notable people
Notable persons with this given name include:
 * Prakash (film director), 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, Indian cricketer
 * Prakash Padukone (born 1955), Indian badminton player
 * Prakash Raj (born 1965), Indian film actor, director, producer and television presenter
 * Prakash Vir Shastri (1923–1977), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
 * Prakash Kumar Singh chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited

Surname

 * Aditya Prakash (architect) (1924–2008), Indian architect, painter, and author
 * Aditya Prakash (badminton) (born 1990), Indian badminton player
 * Amrita Prakash (born 1987), Indian actress in Hindi cinema
 * Balaji Prakash (born 1968), Indian structural biologist and biochemist
 * Cedric Prakash (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 (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 (born 1952), Indian author, scholar, and journalist
 * Varshini Prakash, American climate activist