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Prajñāvarman
Prajñāvarman (प्रज्ञावर्मन्) was an Indian, likely Bengali, Buddhist scholar and translator of the 8th to 9th century who translated texts into Tibetan and wrote three Tengyur commentaries.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 1989, Chennai) is an Indian left-handed tennis player, career-high No. 75 (April 2019), 2018 Asian Games singles bronze medallist, Challenger titlist at Anning and Bangalore, and 2019 Grand Slam main-draw player.
Prajogo Pangestu
Prajogo Pangestu, born 1944 in West Kalimantan, is an Indonesian businessman who founded and leads Barito Pacific, the country's largest petrochemical company, and has topped Indonesia's wealth lists since 2023.
Prajwal Revanna (ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲ್ ರೇವಣ್ಣ)
Prajwal Revanna (ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲ್ ರೇವಣ್ಣ), former Janata Dal (Secular) MP from Hassan, Karnataka and grandson of H.D. Deve Gowda; disqualified in 2023, convicted of rape in 2025 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Prakambanam (പ്രകമ്പനം)
Prakambanam (പ്രകമ്പനം) is a 2026 Malayalam horror-comedy film directed by Vijesh Panathur, starring Ganapathi, Sagar Surya, and Al Ameen; a college student's grandmother's ashes possess his friend, and the film became a surprise Kerala box-office hit.
Prakarana
Prakarana (प्रकरण) is a classical genre of Sanskrit drama, codified in the Nāṭyaśāstra, with an invented plot, a non-royal hero, and love as its main sentiment.
Prakasam district (ప్రకాశం జిల్లా)
Prakasam district (ప్రకాశం జిల్లా), headquartered at Ongole, Andhra Pradesh; formed 1970, renamed 1972 after Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu; reorganized 2022, with Markapuram district split off in 2026.
Prakāśānanda
Prakāśānanda (प्रकाशानन्द) was a sixteenth-century Advaita Vedāntin, active around 1550 to 1600, best known as the author of the Vedāntasiddhāntamuktāvalī and as an exponent of the dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi doctrine, the view that objects exist only as perception.
Prakash Amte (प्रकाश बाबा आमटे)
Prakash Amte (प्रकाश बाबा आमटे), Indian physician and social worker, born 1948, son of Baba Amte; runs Lok Biradari Prakalp at Hemalkasa, Gadchiroli, with wife Mandakini since 1974; Ramon Magsaysay Award (2008) and Padma Shri recipient.
Prakash Belawadi
Prakash Belawadi, Bengaluru theatre director, actor, filmmaker and journalist; National Film Award winner for Stumble and 2019 Helpmann Award winner for Counting and Cracking; works across Kannada, Hindi and other Indian cinema.
Prakash C. Kapur
Prakash C. Kapur, born 1935 in Lahore, is an Indian mineral processing scientist who taught at IIT Kanpur and is a US National Academy of Engineering Foreign Associate.
Prakash Chauhan
Prakash Chauhan is an Indian beverage entrepreneur who leads Parle Agro, maker of Frooti, Appy, and Bailley, and co-created Thums Up, Limca, and Maaza before their 1993 sale to Coca-Cola.
Prakash Chik Baraik
Prakash Chik Baraik is an Indian politician and Adivasi leader from Alipurduar, West Bengal, who joined the BJP in 2026 after resigning from the Trinamool Congress.
Prakash Industries
Prakash Industries Limited is an Indian integrated steel and power company, incorporated in 1980, whose main asset is a steel plant at Champa, Chhattisgarh, with captive iron ore and coal mines.
Prakash Javadekar (प्रकाश केशव जावडेकर)
Prakash Javadekar (प्रकाश केशव जावडेकर) is a BJP politician from Maharashtra; Union minister 2014-2021 for environment then HRD, three-term Rajya Sabha member.
Prakash Jha (प्रकाश झा)
Prakash Jha (प्रकाश झा), born 1952 in Bihar, is an Indian film director, producer, and actor known for socio-political Hindi films including Damul, Gangaajal, and Raajneeti.
Prakash Karat (പ്രകാശ് കാരാട്ട്)
Prakash Karat (പ്രകാശ് കാരാട്ട്), born 1948, is a CPI(M) veteran who served three terms as the party's general secretary (2005-2015), led withdrawal of UPA support over the Indo-US nuclear deal, and returned as interim coordinator in 2024.
Prakash Mehra (प्रकाश मेहरा)
Prakash Mehra (प्रकाश मेहरा), 1939–2009, Hindi film director-producer of Bijnor, UP. Made Zanjeer (1973), the first Prakash Mehra Productions film that created Amitabh Bachchan's angry-young-man star image; later hits Hera Pheri, Muqaddar Ka Sikander, Laawaris, Sharaabi.
Prakash Mound
Prakash Mound (Prakasha, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra) is a Chalcolithic occupation mound in the Tapti Valley, excavated February-April 1955 by B.K. Thapar of ASI, with Periods I-IV and a 600-year hiatus after Period I.
Prakash Padukone (ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ)
Prakash Padukone (ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ), Indian badminton legend; first Indian to win the All England (1980) and reach world No. 1; 1978 Commonwealth Games gold; founded PPBA in 1994, now runs the Padukone School of Badminton; father of Deepika Padukone.
Prakash Raj (ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ರೈ)
Prakash Raj (Prakash Rai, ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ರೈ), Indian character actor in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi cinema; five National Film Awards including Kanchivaram, eight Nandi Awards, villain roles, producer-director, 2019 independent Lok Sabha candidate.
Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar
Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (प्रकाश यशवंत आंबेडकर), grandson of B. R. Ambedkar, is a Maharashtra politician who founded Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (1994) and leads Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, a Dalit-Muslim-bahujan front that polled 6.92% in the 2019 Assembly elections.
Prakasha Ashrama
Prakasha Ashrama (श्री प्रकाश आश्रम) is a Shankaracharya recorded as no. 68 in the guru lineage of the Dwarka Sharada Peetham, with a recorded tenure of 1804–1805.
Prakashananda Saraswati Ashrama
Prakashananda Saraswati Ashrama (श्री प्रकाशानन्द सरस्वती आश्रम) is traditionally the 62nd Shankaracharya of the Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Gujarat, listed with a pontificate from 1703 to 1737.
Prakashi Tomar
Prakashi Tomar (प्रकाशी तोमर), India's "Revolver Dadi", is a sharpshooter from Johri, Baghpat, who began shooting at 62, won over 25 championships, received the Stree Shakti Puraskar, and inspired the film Saand Ki Aankh with sister-in-law Chandro Tomar.
Prakashrao Abitkar
Prakashrao Abitkar, also known as Prakash Abitkar, is an Indian Shiv Sena politician who serves as Minister for Public Health and Family Welfare in the Government of Maharashtra.
Prakritaprakasha
Prakritaprakasha (Prākṛtaprakāśa, "Light on Prakrit") is a Sanskrit grammar of the Prakrit languages by Vararuci, probably the earliest surviving, treating Maharashtri as the principal dialect.
Prakriti (प्रकृति)
Prakriti (प्रकृति), also Prakruti, is a Sanskrit term meaning nature, the primordial material principle composed of three gunas and paired with purusha in Samkhya philosophy.
Prakriti Kakar
Prakriti Kakar is an Indian playback and pop singer, born in 1995 in Delhi, who performs with her identical twin sister Sukriti as India's first singing twins.
Pralatrexate
Pralatrexate (Folotyn, PDX) is a folate analog DHFR inhibitor, first FDA-approved drug (2009, accelerated) for relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma; 30 mg/m2 weekly with B12/folic acid; FDA-approved but not EMA-approved.