The Sanskrit term Praśnavidyā can be transliterated into English as Prasnavidya or Prashnavidya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: The Original Paṇhavāyaraṇa/Praśnavyākaraṇa Discovered

Praśnavidyā (प्रश्नविद्या) (Sanskrit; in Prakrit: Pasiṇavijjā) are composed by the best Jinas and cause direct perception, as taught in the Paṇhavāgaraṇa: (Sanskrit: Praśnavyākaraṇa), according to the  Samavāyāṅgasūtra (Sūtra 145).—Accordingly, “[...] In the Paṇhāvāgaraṇadasā, those great issues of praśnavidyās are explained, which are composed by the best Jinas, cause direct perception, and have manifold great qualities. [These issues] are hard to comprehend and fathom [but] can awaken ignorant men, and are approved by all omniscient Jinas. [These are] told, by great Jaina sages with great details, by those teachers who speak of various objects of manifold qualities and the ways of self-restraint in detail; and also by all those Pratyekabuddhas, who propounded our as well as others’ doctrines in discourses of various purposes.These include the issues, beneficial to the world, which concern the mediums,such as a mirror, one’s thumb or arm, a sword, a jewel, a piece of linen, and the sun. [They] shed light on many of [the?] great praśnavidyās and mind-reading praśnavidyās, involved deities, ceremonial applications, and major qualities. [Those issues] involve the proofs for existence of the best of the Tīrthakaras in the distant past who resorted to self-restraint, and cause astonishment in the mind of people because of their true double impact. [...]”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Praśnavidyā (प्रश्नविद्या) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. by Garga. B. 4, 160.
—by Caṇḍeśvara. [Oudh 1876-1877], 10. Viii, 14. See Praśnacaṇḍeśvara.

2) Praśnavidyā (प्रश्नविद्या):—by Garga. Rgb. 828 (and—[commentary]).
—by Caṇḍeśvara. Fl. 308.
—by Bādarāyaṇa, and—[commentary] by Bhaṭṭotpala. Rgb. 829.

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

Praśnavidyā (प्रश्नविद्या):—[=praśna-vidyā] [from praśna] f. Name of [work]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Prashna, Vidya.

Ends with: Aprashnavidya, Badarayanaprashnavidya, Candeshvaraprashnavidya.

Full-text (+68): Candeshvaraprashnavidya, Pasinavijja, Panha, Prashna, Dhatu, Mushti, Sankata, Ghanavibhaga, Gunaprakarana, Mula, Gandha, Guna, Sarvatobhadra, Simhavalokana, Ashvamohita, Jivasamjna, Dhatubheda, Dvikayoga, Sama, Vikata.

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