Contents

 

prach, “ask”

pyā

prach

prath

Present

VI. pṛcháti -te etc. V.+

Passive

pṛchyáte etc. V.+

Future

Simple Future: prakṣyati etc. B.+ (aprakṣyat B.U.)

Periphrastic Future: praṣṭā

Aorist

RAo: apaprachat

-s-Ao: áprākṣīt etc. V.+ (áprāṭ RV.), apraṣṭa C. (pṛkṣase ? RV.)

Perfect

papracha paprachus B.+

Causative

prachaya-

Desiderative

pipṛchiṣa- (in d.)

Intensive

parīpṛch-

Verbal Nouns

PPP: pṛṣṭá V.+; Inf: práṣṭum V.+; 1Abs: pṛṣṭvā E.+; 2Abs: -pṛchya E.+;-pṛ́cham -che RV

Derivatives

-pṛch RV.

 

pṛchaka B.+

 

praṣṭṛ U.+

 

pipṛchiṣu C.

 

prāch- E.+

 

pṛ́chya RV.C.

 

praśná V.+

 

papṛkṣéṇya RV.

 

pṛchā C.

 

praṣṭavya E.+

 

-pṛaśnya B.

 

pipṛkṣu C.

 

prāś AV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The RV. form papṛkṣé is also referred hither by BR.

 

Meanings

pṛccháti (pṛccháte) v PPP pṛṣṭá (q.v.) ask, question, inquire, w. A of pers. or (&) th; seek, request, entreat; P. pṛcchayate be asked after (A, r. D, L, arthe, adhikṛtya, or hetos). With na not care for (A).

 

anu ask, ask some one after (2A).

ā Ā (P) bid farewell to (A), invoke (a god), ask, inquire. upā & samā bid farewell.

pari ask, question, interrogate a person (A) about (A

prati , r. L or G).

prati ask, interrogate a person about (2A).

vi ask, inquire, ascertain.

sam Ā consult, converse or talk with (Ab), absol. with each other; ask, question, inquire (2A).