The Sanskrit term Atipraśna can be transliterated into English as Atiprasna or Atiprashna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Atipraśna (अतिप्रश्न).—[atikramya maryādāṃ praśnaḥ] A question about transcendental truths; a vexatious or extravagant question that is asked, though a satisfactory reply has already been given; e. g. Vālāki's question to Yājñavalkya about Brahman in बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद् (bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad).

Derivable forms: atipraśnaḥ (अतिप्रश्नः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atipraśna (अतिप्रश्न):—[=ati-praśna] [from ati] m. an extravagant question, a question regarding transcendental objects.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atipraśna (अतिप्रश्न):—m.

(-śnaḥ) A question which goes beyond its proper bounds, a question concerning a transcendental object. E. pracch with ati, kṛt aff. naṅ.

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Atiprashna in German

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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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Partial matches: Prashna, Ati.

Ends with: Pratiprashna.

Full-text: Atiprashnya.

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