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Results for प्रहेलि

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रहेलिprahelif., प्रहेलिका A riddle, an enigma, a conundrum. It is thus defined in the विदग्धमुखमण्डन: व्यक्तीकृत्य कमप्यर्थं…

    , प्रहेलिका A riddle, an enigma, a conundrum. It is thus defined in the विदग्धमुखमण्डन: व्यक्तीकृत्य कमप्यर्थं स्वरूपार्थस्य गोपनात् । यत्र बाह्यान्तरावर्थौ कथ्येते सा प्रहेलिका. It is आर्थी or शाब्दी; तरुण्यालिङ्गितः कण्ठे नितम्ब- स्थलमाश्रितः । गुरूणां सन्निधानेऽपि कः कूजति मुहुर्मुहुः (where the answer is ईषदूनजलपूर्णकुम्भः) is an instance of the former kind; सदारिमध्यापि न वैरियुक्ता नितान्तरक्ताप्यसितैव नित्यम् । यथोक्तवादिन्यपि नैव दूती का नाम कान्तेति निवेदयाशु ॥ (where the answer is सारिका), of the latter. Daṇḍin, however, mentions 16 different kinds of प्रहेलिका; see Kāv.3.96-124.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रहेलिpraheli(L.) f. an enigma, riddle, puzzling question.

    (Lexicographers) feminine an enigma, riddle, puzzling question.

  2. गूढचतुर्थपादप्रहेलिकाgūḍhacaturthapādaprahelikāf. a riddle in which the fourth Pa1da पाद (of a stanza) is hidden Ka1d. i, 74 f.

    feminine a riddle in which the fourth Pa1da पाद (of a stanza) is hidden Ka1d. i, 74 feminine

  3. प्रहेलिकाprahelikā(Ka1vya7d., 6 kinds) f. an enigma, riddle, puzzling question.

    (Ka1vya7d., 6 kinds) feminine an enigma, riddle, puzzling question.