praheliH f. , prahelikA A riddle, an enigma, a conundrum. It is thus defined in the vidagDamuKamaMqanaH - vyaktIkftya kamapyarTaM svarUpArTasya gopanAt . yatra bAhyAMtarAvarTO kaTyete sA prahelikA . It is ArTI or SAbdI; taruRyAliMgitaH kaMWe nitaMbasTalamASritaH . gurURAM sanniDAne'pi kaH kUjati muhurmuhuH (where the answer is IzadUnajalapUrRakuMBaH ) is an instance of the former kind; sadAri maDyApi na vEriyuktA nitAMtaraktApyasitEva nityaM . yaToktavAdinyapi nEva dUtI kA nAma kAMteti nivedayASu .. (where the answer is sArikA ), of the latter. Daṇḍin, however, mentions 16 different kinds of pralehikA ; see Kāv. 3. 96-124 .