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The Sanskrit term Pṛcchati can be transliterated into English as Prcchati or Pricchati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Prichchhati.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPṛcchati (पृच्छति).—(1) requests, asks something to be done by another: bhagavato vandanaṃ °ti Mahāvastu i.307.7, she asks (us to make) a salutation of the Lord; (2) in meaning of Sanskrit āpṛcchati, says goodby: mātāpitṝṇāṃ mama vacanena pṛcche (2 sg. opt.) Lalitavistara 231.17 (verse), say goodby to my parents in my name.
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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Ends with: Avapricchati.
Full-text (+13): Pracch, Pucchati, Prach, Samanuprach, Pratiprach, Abaddha, Sadvartta, Viprach, Sausnatika, Abhikramam, Supa, Upaprach, Karakadipaka, Saukhashayanika, Saukhashayika, Samprach, Shakadhuma, Pratipathika, Pariprach, Adharma.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.145.2 < [Sukta 145]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.4.82 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 3.2.37 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dāsya-rasa)]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.57-59 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.7.46 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.16-17 < [Section II - The Brāhmaṇa’s Responsibilities and Privileges regarding Sacrificial Performances]
Verse 2.111 < [Section XXII - Specially qualified Pupils]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 18 < [Chapter 2 - Dvitīya-yāma-sādhana (Prātaḥ-kālīya-bhajana)]