The Sanskrit term Paripṛcchana can be transliterated into English as Pariprcchana or Paripricchana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Pariprichchhana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Paripṛcchana (परिपृच्छन).—(nt.) or °na-tā (Ap. paripucchaṇa, Jacobi, Bhav., Index; AMg. paripucchaṇayā; n. act. to Sanskrit paripṛcchati), questioning (especially of a teacher or autho- rity), investigation, inquiry (into a subject): °na-jātīya, given to…, Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 14.10; Śikṣāsamuccaya 50.7; (tathāgatasya…) °nāya Sukhāvatīvyūha 71.7; °nārthika Śikṣāsamuccaya 103.12; °na-, in cpds., Lalitavistara 430.15, 16; Gaṇḍavyūha 44.21; Bodhisattvabhūmi 240.5 (all prose); iha śāsane cariṣyanty āparipṛcchanaśīlāḥ Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 34.9 (prose), so text; I cannot understand the ā-(pari°) and suppose it to be a misprint or corruption, perhaps for a-, not interested in (religious) inquiry (the epithet is uncomplimentary, describing false Bodhisattvas; people are expected to be °na-jātīya, above); sarvapraśna-°natā Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 8.12, capacity for investigating all questions; °na-tā Gaṇḍavyūha 163.21 (end of a [compound]).

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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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