The Sanskrit term Prāśnika can be transliterated into English as Prasnika or Prashnika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Prasnik.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Prāśnika (प्राश्निक).—Brahmā as, in the fights of Madhu and Kaitabha and Viṣṇu and Jiṣṇu.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 25. 41.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Prāśnika (प्राश्निक, “assessor”).—If there be any controversy (saṃgharṣa) about the performance of individual actors, the following are the assessors (prāśnika):

1. an expert in sacrifice (yajñavid),
2. an actor (nartaka),
3. a prosodist (chandovid),
4. a grammarian (śabdavid),
5. a king (rājan),
6. an archer (astravid),
7. painter (citrakṛt),
8. a courtezan (veśyā),
9. a musician (gandharva),
10. a king’s officer (rājasevaka).

When there is a controversy about the performance among the persons ignorant of the Nāṭya-śāstra, they are to point out justly the faults as well as the merits of individual actors. Then they will be known as assessors (prāśnika). When there occurs any learned controversy about the knowledge of the Śāstra the decision should be made on the testimony of the books (lit. śāstra).

Assessors (prāśnika) should neither be too near the stage (raṅgapīṭha or raṅgaśīrṣa) nor too far from it. Their seats (āsana) should be at a distance of twelve cubits (six yards) from it. They are to notice the points of the success (siddhi) mentioned before, as well as blemishes (ghāta) which may occur during the production of a drama (nāṭaka).

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prāśnika (प्राश्निक).—a S Relating to omens, portents, pro- gnostics. 2 Skilful at interpreting signs and appearances.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāśnika (प्राश्निक).—a. Containing questions.

-kaḥ 1 An examiner.

2) An umpire, an arbitrator, a judge; विनिर्वत्य रणोत्साहं मुहूर्तं प्राश्निको भव (vinirvatya raṇotsāhaṃ muhūrtaṃ prāśniko bhava) Rām.3.27.4; Bhāgavata 1.61.33; अहो प्रयोगाभ्यन्तरः प्राश्निकः (aho prayogābhyantaraḥ prāśnikaḥ) M.2; तद्भगवत्या प्राश्निकपदमध्या- सितव्यम् (tadbhagavatyā prāśnikapadamadhyā- sitavyam) M.1.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāśnika (प्राश्निक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. An assistant at a spectacle or assembly. 2. An inquirer, an asker. E. praśna a question, aff. ṭhak.

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

Prāśnika (प्राश्निक).—i. e. praśna + ika, m. 1. An inquirer. 2. An examiner, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 11, 23.

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

Prāśnika (प्राश्निक).—[adjective] containing many questions; [masculine] inquirer, umpire.

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

1) Prāśnika (प्राश्निक):—mf(ī)n. ([from] praśna) containing questions (cf. bahu-pr)

2) m. an inquirer, arbitrator, umpire, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Mālavikāgnimitra]

3) a witness, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) an assistant at a spectacle or assembly (?), [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Prāśnika (प्राश्निक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. An assistant at a spectacle or assembly; inquirer.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Praśnikā (प्रश्निका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paṇhiyā, Pāsaṇia.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prashnika 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Prāśnika (प्राश्निक) [Also spelled prasnik]:—(nm) a questioner; an interrogator; (a) pertaining to, concerned with or containing a question or questions.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prāśinaka (ಪ್ರಾಶಿ್ನಕ):—

1) [adjective] asking question or questions.

2) [adjective] being in the form of a question.

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Prāśnika (ಪ್ರಾಶ್ನಿಕ):—

1) [noun] a man who questions; a questioner.

2) [noun] a man sworn to hear the evidence and inquire into the facts in a law case and to give a decision in accordince with their findings; a jury.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Prāśnika (प्राश्निक):—n. 1. examiner; interrogator; 2. question setter;

2) Prāśnika (प्राश्निक):—adj. 1. pertaining to question; 2. having the questions; 3. (of a person) setting the questions;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Full-text: Viprashnika, Bahuprashnika, Tarkaka, Panhiya, Pasania, Praashnik, Prashniputra, Prasnik, Ganaka, Nartaka, Citrakrit, Veshya, Chandovid, Shabdavid, Astravid, Yajnavid, Rajasevaka, Abhyantara, Gandharva, Rajan.

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