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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for प्रश्न

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रश्नpraśnaA question, query; an inquiry, interrogation (अविज्ञातप्रवचनं प्रश्न इत्यभिधीयते); अनामयप्रश्न- पूर्वकम् Ś.5…

    [प्रच्छ्-भावे नङ्]

    1. A question, query; an inquiry, interrogation (अविज्ञातप्रवचनं प्रश्न इत्यभिधीयते); अनामयप्रश्न- पूर्वकम् Ś.5 'with an inquiry about (your) well-being or health.'
    2. A judicial inquiry or investigation.
    3. A point at issue, a subject of controversy, controverted or disputed point; इति प्रश्न उपस्थितः.
    4. A problem for solution or calculation; अहं ते प्रश्नं दास्यामि Mk.
    5. Inquiry into the future.
    6. A short section of a work.
    7. Basket-work.
    8. A task or lesson (in Vedic recitation).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -उपनिषद् Feminine Name of an Upaniṣad consisting of six questions and six answers.

    • -कथा a story containing a question.

    • -दूतिः, -ती Feminine a riddle, an enigma.

    • -पूर्वकेन Indeclinable after examination; Hch.

    • -वादिन् a fortune-teller.

    • -विवाकः an arbitrator, umpire.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रश्नpraśnam. basket-work, a plaited basket Kaus3. (Sch. "a turban") .
    1. masculine gender basket-work, a plaited basket Kaus3. (Scholiast or Commentator "a turban") .
    2. masculine gender (√प्रछ्) a question, demand, interrogation, query, inquiry after (compound; confer, compare कुशल-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) S3Br. etc.
    3. masculine gender judicial inquiry or examination (confer, compare सा*क्षि-प्)
    4. masculine gender astrological inquiry into the future (confer, compare दिव्य-, देव-, दैव-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    5. masculine gender a subject of inquiry, point at issue, controversy, problem S3Br. etc. (प्रश्नम् प्र-√ब्रू, "to decide a controverted point"; नम् √इ, with accusative or that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनम् आ √गम्, with locative case of person, "to lay a question before any one for decision"; प्रश्नस् तव पितरि, "the point at issue is before thy father")
    6. masculine gender a task or lesson (in Vedic recitation) RPra1t.
    7. masculine gender a short section or paragraph (in books) Col. etc.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्रश्नpraśna[pras-na] m. 1. question; interrogation (also of the stars, etc.); judicial inquiry or investigation; inquiry…

    [pras-na] masculine 1. question; interrogation (also of the stars, etc.); judicial inquiry or investigation; inquiry after (--˚); subject of controversy, disputed point, problem; lesson (in Vedic recitation); short section or para graph (in books): -m i, submit a question to any one (accusative) for decision; -m â-gam, the same (but locative of person); 2. wicker-work, wicker-basket.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · प्रश्न

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