f., prahelikā A riddle, an enigma, a conundrum. It is thus defined in the vidagdhamukhamaṃḍanaḥ-vya- ktīkṛtya kamapyarthaṃ svarūpārthasya gopanāt. yatra bāhyāṃtarāvarthau kathyete sā prahelikā. It is ārthī or śābdī; taruṇyāliṃgitaḥ kaṃṭhe nitaṃ- basthalamāśritaḥ. gurūṇāṃ sannidhāne'pi kaḥ kū- jati muhurmuhuḥ (where the answer is ī- ṣadūnajalapūrṇakuṃbhaḥ) is an instance of the former kind; sadāri madhyāpi na...