प्रछ्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रछ्    cl. 6. P. ( [Dhātup. xxviii, 120]), पृच्छति ( Ved. and ep. also Ā. पृच्छते; pf. पप्रच्छ, [Br.] &c., पपृक्षे॑ [?] [RV. iv, 43, 7]; aor. अ॑प्राक्षीत्, [AV.] &c., अ॑प्राट्, [RV.], अप्रष्ट, [Kāv.]; fut. प्रक्ष्यति, [Br.] &c., प्रष्टा Gr.; ind.p. पृष्ट्वा, -पृच्छ्य, [MBh.]; inf. प्र॑ष्टुम्, [AV.] &c., -पृ॑च्छम्, °च्छे, [RV.]),

to ask, question, interrogate ( acc.);

to ask after inquire about ( acc.);

to ask or interrogate any one ( acc.) about anything ( acc. dat. loc., प्रति, or अधिकृत्य with acc.; अर्थे or हेतोः ifc.), [RV.] ( pr.p. Ā. पृच्छमान, ‘asking one's self’ , x; 34, 6) &c. &c.;

(in astrol.) to consult the future, [Var.];

(with नामतो मातरम्) to inquire about one's ( gen.) mother's name, [Śak.];

(with न) not to trouble one's self with, [ĀśvŚr.];

to seek, wish, long for;

to ask, demand, beg, entreat ( acc.), [RV.] :

Pass. पृच्छ्य॑ते, to be asked or questioned about (act. dat. &c., as above), [RV.] &c. &c.:

Caus. प्रच्छयति ( aor. अपप्रच्छत्) Gr.:

Desid. पिपृच्छिषति, [Pāṇ. 1-2, 8] :

Intens. परीपृच्छ्यते, [Pāṇ. 7-4, 90]; [Pat.]
प्रछ्   [Orig. पृक्; cf. Lat. preces, procus; poscere for porscere; Slav. prositi; Lith. praszýti; Germ. frâhên, fragen; forskôn, forschen.]