6 P. (pṛcchati, papraccha, aprā- kṣīt, prakṣyati, praṣṭuṃ, pṛṣṭa; caus. pracchayati; pass. pṛcchayate; desid. pipracchiṣati) 1 To ask, question, interrogate, inquire of (with two acc.); papraccha rāmāṃ ramaṇo- bhilāṣaṃ R. 14. 27; Bk. 6. 8; R. 3. 5; Bg. 2. 7; brāhmaṇaṃ kuśalaṃ pṛcchet Ms. 2. 127; so mahāśvetā kādaṃbarīmanāmayaṃ papraccha K. 192; kuśalamabale pṛcchati tvāṃ viyuktaḥ Me. 104; R. 1. 58.

2 To ascertain,...