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परिपृच्छन (paripRcchana)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
paripṛcchana (nt.) or °na-tā (Ap. paripucchaṇa, Jacobi, Bhav., Index
AMg. paripucchaṇayā
n. act. to Skt. paripṛcchati), questioning (esp. of a teacher or authority), investigation, inquiry (into a subject): °na-jātīya, given to …, Laṅk 〔14.10〕
Śikṣ 〔50.7〕
(tathāgatasya …) °nāya Sukh 〔71.7〕
°nārthika Śikṣ 〔103.12〕
°na-, in cpds., LV 〔430.15, 16〕
Gv 〔44.21〕
Bbh 〔240.5〕 (all prose)
iha śāsane cariṣyanty āparipṛcchanaśīlāḥ RP 〔34.9〕 (prose), so text
I cannot understand the ā-(pari°) and suppose it to be a misprint or corruption, perhaps for a-, not interested in (religious) inquiry (the epithet is uncomplimentary, describing false Bodhisattvas
people are expected to be °na-jātīya, above)
sarvapraśna-°natā RP 〔8.12〕, capacity for investigating all questions
°na-tā Gv 〔163.21〕 (end of a cpd.).