MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Parakas mean?
Prakash comes from the Sanskrit noun for light and manifestation. The Punjabi form Parkash is also used in the vocabulary of sacred illumination and the ceremonial opening of the Guru Granth Sahib.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਪਰਕਾਸ਼
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रकाश
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Parakas in Indian usage
9,714 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 6,251 records (64.4%).
- Recorded as male: 3,463 records (35.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 803 |
| 1940s | 1,871 |
| 1950s | 1,922 |
| 1960s | 1,808 |
| 1970s | 1,326 |
| 1980s | 1,038 |
| 1990s | 764 |
| Other decades | 182 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 9,237 |
| Bihar | 123 |
| Haryana | 123 |
| Other states | 231 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, prakāśa, p. 653,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.