praSnaH [ pracC-BAve naN ] 1 A question, query; an inquiry, interrogation ( avijYAtapravacanaM praSna ityaBiDIyate ); anAmayapraSnapUrvakaM Ś. 5 ‘with an inquiry about (your) well-being or health’. 2 A judicial inquiry or investigation. 3 A point at issue, a subject of controversy, controverted or disputed point; iti praSna upasTitaH . 4 A problem for solution or calculation; ahaM te praSnaM dAsyAmi Mk. 5. 5 Inquiry into the future. 6 A short section of a work. 7 Basket-work. Comp. — upanizad n. N. of an Upaniṣad consisting of six questions and six answers. — dUtiH -tI f. a riddle, an enigma. — vivAkaH an arbitrator, umpire.