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Prahelikā: Riddle
 
तिरस्कृतो रोषवशात परिष्वजन्
 

प्रियो मृगाक्ष्या शयितः पराङ्मुखः ।
कि

किं
मूर्च्छितोऽसाविति कान्दिशीकया

कयाचिदाचुम्ब्य चिराय सष्वजे ॥
 

 
The lover though rebuked embraced her in anger

And lay there turning his face opposite to her.
 

'Has he fainted!' thus thought the doe-eyed woman

And kissed and hugged him again and again.
 

 
The verse states how the lover attained all on a sudden the

most agreeable and desired result through the acts of kissing and

embrace from his aggrieved mistress.
 

 
Definitions
 

 
वाञ्छितादधिकप्रासिप्तिरयत्ने प्रहर्षणम् । च. ५.४५

 
उत्कण्ठितार्थसंसिद्धिर्विना यत्नं प्रहर्षणम् ।

 
वाञ्छितादधिकार्थस्य संसिद्धिश्च प्रहर्षणम् ।
 

 
यत्नादुपायसिद्ध्यर्थात् साक्षाल्लाभ: फलस्य च । कु. १२६ - १३१

 
साक्षात्तदुद्देश्ययत्नमन्तरेणाप्य भीष्टार्थलाभः प्रहर्षणम् । र. २
 
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<headword>प्रहेलिका</headword>
 
प्रहेलिका
Prahelikā : Riddle :
 

 
The word prahelikā (pra √hel aka ā) means a riddle (roedeles roedan to

read) in the form of an enigma, a conundrum, a puzzling question, or

an obscure description of something. Riddles are more or less very pop-

ular literary forms in all ages. In folk literature as well as in oral tra-

dition, numerous forms of riddles are found to be very common.

The scope of riddle ranges from common topics to various forms

of literary style and expression. We find riddles in Vedic and

Upanisadic hymns in the form of charms, spells and incantations as

well as in classical and folk poetry.
 
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As a figure of speech Prahelikā is first defined in the Agnipurāṇa
and afterwards accept
ed by
 
Bhoja, Viśvanātha, Kṣemendra and oth-
ers.
As a figure of speech Prahelikā is first defined inccording to the Agnipurāṇa
and after
, Prahelika is an enigma wards accepted ith dou-
byle meaning concealed therein. Bhoja, Viśvanātha, Kṣemendra and oth-
ers. According to the Agnipurāṇa, Praheli
calls it a ka is an enigma ind of unanswith dou-
ble meaning concealed therein. Bhoja calls it a kind of unanswered
 
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