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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

हसनम्hasanamLaughing, laughter.

Laughing, laughter.

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अवहसनम्avahasanamDeriding; तच्चावहसनं प्राप्य सभारोहणदर्शने Mb.1.1.46.

Deriding; तच्चावहसनं प्राप्य सभारोहणदर्शने Mb.1.1.46.

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प्रहसनम्prahasanam1 Loud or violent laughter, laughing, mirth.
1. 1 Loud or violent laughter, laughing, mirth.
2. Ridicule, mockery, irony, joke; धिक् प्रहसनम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4.
3. Satire, satirical writing,
4. A farce, a kind of low comedy; S. D. thus defines it: भाणवत्संधिसंध्यङ्ग- लास्याङ्गाङ्कैर्विनिर्मितम् । भवेत् प्रहसनं वृत्तं निन्द्यानां कविकल्पितम् ॥ 533et seq. Exempli gratia, for example कन्दर्पकेलि.
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