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praśna

m. basket-work, a plaited basket, [Kauś.] (Sch. ‘a turban’).

praśná m. (√ prach) a question, demand, interrogation, query, inquiry after (comp.; cf. kuśala-p°), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.

judicial inquiry or examination (cf. sākṣi-p)

astrological inquiry into the future (cf. divya-, deva-, daiva-p°)

a subject of inquiry, point at issue, controversy, problem, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (praśnam pra-√ brū, ‘to decide a controverted point’; nam √ i, with acc. or °nam ā √ gam, with loc. of pers., ‘to lay a question before any one for decision’; praśnas tava pitari, ‘the point at issue is before thy father’)

a task or lesson (in Vedic recitation), [RPrāt.]

a short section or paragraph (in books), [Col.] &c.