A puzzle in Sanskrit (प्रहेलिका)

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Jul 17, 2018, 3:49:44 PM7/17/18
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कः खे चरति का रम्या
का जप्या किं विभूषणम्
को वन्द्यः कीदृशी लङ्का
वीरमर्क्कटकम्पिता

In this puzzle (प्रहेलिका), the last line is composed of answers to questions posed in previous lines. 


कः खे चरति? विः
का रम्या? रमा
का जप्या? ऋक्
किं विभूषणम्? कटकम्
को वन्द्यः? पिता
कीदृशी लङ्का? वीरमर्क्कटकम्पिता (विः + रमा + ऋक् + कटकम् + पिता = वीरमर्क्कटकम्पिता)

Who moves in the sky? Bird
Who's beautiful? Rama (Lakshmi)
What's to be chanted? Rigveda
What's adorning? Bangle
Who's to be respected? Father
What's Lanka like? Shaken by a brave monkey (Hanuman)

Pramod Kulkarni

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Jul 18, 2018, 10:41:16 AM7/18/18
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Nice

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vasantha syamalam

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Jul 19, 2018, 1:20:25 AM7/19/18
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विः+ रमा+ ऋक्+ कटकम्+पिता= कथं विः+रमा= वीरमा? विसर्गः कुत्र गच्छति? वि कथं वी भवति?(विर् + रमा= वीरमा इति वा?)
रमा+ऋक्= कथं रमर्क् भवति? वा एतस्य आ मात्रा कुत्र गच्छति? कृपया विवृणोतु|


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Nice

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Hnbhat B.R.

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Jul 19, 2018, 1:33:22 AM7/19/18
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सम्यगेव भवति सन्धिः!

vasantha syamalam

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उत्तरस्य अर्थः कः?

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सम्यगेव भवति सन्धिः!

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Hnbhat B.R.

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विः + रमा = विर् +रमा - 'रो रि' लोपः! वि + रमा - 'ढ्रलोपे पूर्वस्य दीर्घोsणः' इकारस्य दीर्घः! वीरमा  
वीरमा ऋक् - 'आद् गुणः' अ:! 'उरण् रपरः' वीरमर्क्!

कटकम् + पिता = वीरमर्क्कटकम्पिता

vasantha syamalam

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Jul 19, 2018, 5:47:35 AM7/19/18
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विर् + रमा= वीरमा इति वा
आ+ऋ= अर् एवं वा? तर्हिः अवगतम्| परन्तु उत्तरस्य अर्थं लिखतु कृपया|

Hnbhat B.R.

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Jul 19, 2018, 6:36:50 AM7/19/18
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कः उत्तरस्यार्थः?

On Thursday, July 19, 2018, vasantha syamalam <vasantha...@gmail.com> wrote:
विर् + रमा= वीरमा इति वा
आ+ऋ= अर् एवं वा? तर्हिः अवगतम्| परन्तु उत्तरस्य अर्थं लिखतु कृपया|
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 1:15 PM, vasantha syamalam <vasantha...@gmail.com> wrote:
उत्तरस्य अर्थः कः?
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सम्यगेव भवति सन्धिः!


On Thursday, July 19, 2018, vasantha syamalam <vasantha...@gmail.com> wrote:
विः+ रमा+ ऋक्+ कटकम्+पिता= कथं विः+रमा= वीरमा? विसर्गः कुत्र गच्छति? वि कथं वी भवति?(विर् + रमा= वीरमा इति वा?)
रमा+ऋक्= कथं रमर्क् भवति? वा एतस्य आ मात्रा कुत्र गच्छति? कृपया विवृणोतु|

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On Wed 18 Jul, 2018, 1:19 AM , <psho...@gmail.com> wrote:
कः खे चरति का रम्या
का जप्या किं विभूषणम्
को वन्द्यः कीदृशी लङ्का
वीरमर्क्कटकम्पिता

In this puzzle (प्रहेलिका), the last line is composed of answers to questions posed in previous lines. 

कः उत्तरस्यार्थः?

shankara

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Jul 19, 2018, 9:26:13 AM7/19/18
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Namaste,

वीरमर्क्कटकम्पिता is answer to कीदृशी लङ्का. It means that Lanka was shaken by the heroic, brave monkey i.e. Hanuman.

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shankara


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Ryan Armstrong

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Jul 19, 2018, 10:19:29 AM7/19/18
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विः = वीः वा ?
वी = प्रातिपदिक वीः समासे ?
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Ryan Armstrong
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