Paripricchata, Paripṛcchatā: 1 definition
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Paripricchata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Paripṛcchatā can be transliterated into English as Pariprcchata or Paripricchata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pariprichchhata.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryParipṛcchatā (परिपृच्छता).—(paripṛccha-tā) (compare Pali paripucchakatā, see [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]), questioning: (gurūṇāṃ) °tā Lalitavistara 182.21 (verse); read, utthitā lokapālehi brahmendra-°tā Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 133.6 (verse), so best ms., Nobel with other mss. °cchayā, which I cannot construe; there arose (began, took place) a questioning of…by…; paripṛcchatotsukaḥ Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 221.1 (prose), eager to question.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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