3 · pañha 1 · pañha 2
question
a question; an inquiry
Pañha [Vedic praśna, for details of etymology see pucchati] mode of asking, inquiry, investigation, question D I 11 (deva°) M I 83; III 30; A I 103, 288; III 81, 191 f., 419 f.; V 50 f.; Snp 512, 957, 1005, 1024, 1148 etc., Nidd I 464; Miln 28, 340; Sv I 97. pañhaṃ pucchati to ask a question Nidd II under pucchā (q.v.). -paṭibhāna an answer to a question M I 83; Miln 28; -vīmaṃsaka one who tests a question Snp 827; Nidd I 166; Pj II 538; -vyākaraṇa mode of answering questions, of which there are 4, viz. ekaṃsa "direct," vibhajja "qualified," paṭipucchā "after further questioning," ṭhapanīya "not to be answered or to be left undecided," thus enumerated at D III 229; A I 197 f.; II 46; Miln 339. [BD]: paṭipucchā: counter-question, questioned in return
【三】 問題,質詢。~vissajjana, ~vyākaraṇa,【中】 回答。
(nt, nt) question; enquiry question, inquiry Construction: √pañh + a
(masc, masc) question; enquiry Construction: √pañh + a