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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्राश्निकprāśnikaa.Containing questions.

    Containing questions.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. An examiner.
      2. An umpire, an arbitrator, a judge; विनिर्वत्य रणोत्साहं मुहूर्तं प्राश्निको भव Rām.3.27.4; Bhāg.1.61.33; अहो प्रयोगाभ्यन्तरः प्राश्निकः M.2; तद्भगवत्या प्राश्निकपदमध्या- सितव्यम् M.1.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्राश्निकprāśnika[prâsn-ika] a. containing many ques tions; m. (inquirer), arbitrator, umpire.

    [prâsn-ika] adjective containing many ques tions; masculine (inquirer), arbitrator, umpire.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्राश्निकprāśnikamf(ई)n. (fr. प्रश्न) containing questions (cf. बहु-प्र्˚)
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender (from प्रश्न) containing questions (confer, compare बहु-प्र्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    2. masculine gender an inquirer, arbitrator, umpire MBh. R. Ma1lav.
    3. masculine gender a witness Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender an assistant at a spectacle or assembly (?) W.
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  2. बहुप्राश्निकbahuprāśnikamfn. containing m many questions MW.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective containing m many questions MW.

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