The Sanskrit term Pṛcchaka can be transliterated into English as Prcchaka or Pricchaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Prichchhaka.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (astronomy)

Pṛcchaka (पृच्छक) refers to the “client” (of the astrologer), according to the Karmavipāka (classified as literature dealing with astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—[...] The astrologer explains to his client (designated as pṛcchaka [pṛchaka?]) why one is born under a given zodiacal sign (in this manuscript) or under a given asterism (in many other works) and why one suffers from such and such disease or misfortune with reference to deeds, wrong or correct, performed in previous births. For more information on this type of works see for instance D. Pingree, ‘two Karmavipāka texts on curing diseases and other Misfortunes’, Journal of the European Āyurvedic Society 5 (1997), pp. 46-52.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pṛcchaka (पृच्छक).—a S That interrogates, inquires, asks.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pṛcchaka (पृच्छक).—a That interrogates, inquires, asks.

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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

Pṛcchaka (पृच्छक).—[pracch-ṇvul saṃprasāraṇam] An inquirer, an investigator; पृच्छकेन सदा भाव्यं पुरुषेण विजानता (pṛcchakena sadā bhāvyaṃ puruṣeṇa vijānatā) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.93; Y.2.268.

Derivable forms: pṛcchakaḥ (पृच्छकः).

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

Pṛcchaka (पृच्छक).—m.

(-kaḥ) An inquirer, an investigator, an inquisitive person. E. pracch to ask, vun aff. ra changed to ṛ .

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

Pṛcchaka (पृच्छक).—i. e. prach + aka, adj. Inquiring, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 1819.

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

Pṛcchaka (पृच्छक).—([feminine] pṛcchikā) asking, inquiring after ([genetive] or —°).

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

1) Pṛcchaka (पृच्छक):—mf(ikā)n. (√prach) one who asks or inquires about ([genitive case]), [Yājñavalkya; Śakuntalā; Pañcatantra]

2) inquiring into the future, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

3) m. an inquirer, inquisitive person, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Pṛcchaka (पृच्छक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. An inquirer.

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

Pṛcchaka (पृच्छक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ucchaa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pricchaka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pṛcchaka (ಪೃಚ್ಛಕ):—[noun] he who questions or inquires about; a questioner; an inquirer.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Paripricchaka.

Full-text: Ucchaa, Priccha, Paripricchaka, Pricchana, Pricchika, Pricchya, Karmavipaka.

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