# हास्य (hāsya)

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हास्य (hāsya) is a Sanskrit word meaning laughable, ridiculous, or comical, laughing, laughter, or mirth, jest, fun, amusement, laughable or ridiculous, laughter, mirth, jest, amusement, ridicule, or derision, laughter or mirth. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Laughable, Ridiculous, Comical, Laughter, Mirth, Jest, Fun, Amusement, Sport.

- **Root:** हस् (has)
- **Etymology:** E. हस to laugh, and ण्यत् aff — E. hasa to laugh, and ṇyat aff
- **SLP1:** `hAsya`  **IAST:** hāsya  **Devanagari:** हास्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%81sya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/hasya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** हास्या (hāsyā), हस्य (hasya)

## Meanings by context

### Laughable, Ridiculous, Comical (9 definitions)
- Laughable, ridiculous, or comical.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1294,3] हास्य (hāsya) mfn. to be laughed at, laughable, ridiculous, funny, comical, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=262112 ]
- Laughable, ridiculous  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 1170-c ] हास्य (hāsya) a. [ हस् - ण्यत् (has-ṇyat) ] Laughable, ridiculous; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 2. 43
- 1. Laughable or ridiculous. 2. Laughter, jest, joke, fun, or amusement.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 377-3 ] हास्य (hāsya) hās-ya, fp. [√has] (to be) laughed at, by ( lc., —° ); laughable, ridiculous; n. laughter; jest, joke, fun, amusement: -kara, a. provoking laughter, causing any one to laugh ( —° ); -tā, f. ridiculousness: -ṃ yā, become a laughing-stock, to ( —° ); -tva, n. id.; -padavī, f. way to laughter: -ṃ yā, become a laughing-stock; -bhāva, m. ridiculousness: -ṃ yā, become ridiculous; -rasa-vat, a. humourous, comic: -āspada, n. object of ridicule, laughing-stock. [ ID=20506 ]
- 1. Laughable or ridiculous. 2. Laughter or mirth.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 974 ] हास्य (hāsya) mfn. ( - स्यः - स्या - स्यं (-syaṃ) (-syaḥ-syā-syaṃ) ) Laughable, ridiculous. n. ( - स्यं (-syaṃ) ) Laughter. laughing, mirth. E. हस (hasa) to laugh, and ण्यत् (ṇyat) aff. [ ID=44193 ]
- Laughable  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 832-09 ] हास्य (hāsya) (I) a. (f. स्या (syā) ) Laughable, ridiculous, R. ii.43. [ ID=43202 ]
- 1. Laughable or ridiculous. 2. Laughter or mirth. 3. Ridicule or derision.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 832-a ] हास्य (hāsya) mfn. ( - स्यः - स्या - स्यं (-syaṃ) (-syaḥ-syā-syaṃ) ) Laughable, ridiculous. n. ( - स्यं (-syaṃ) ) 1. Laughter. laughing, mirth. 2. Ridicule, derision. E. हस् (has) to laugh, ण्यत् (ṇyat) aff. [ ID=46860 ]
- 1. Ridiculous. 2. Laughter, laughing, or a joke.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 662 ] हास्य (hāsya) a. ridiculous; n. laughing, laughter, joke, हास्य (hāsya) ार्थम् (hāsyārtham) adv. for sport. [ ID=39620 ]
- 1. To be laughed at. 2. Laughter or ridicule.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 286-a ] hāsya, grdv. to be laughed at; as n. laughter; ridicule. [ √has, 963 3 c.] [ ID=4896 ]
- 1. Laughable or ridiculous. 2. Laughter, mirth, jest, amusement, ridicule, or derision.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 1168-c ] Hāsya, as, ā, am, to be laughed at, laughable, ridiculous; ( am ), n. laughter, laughing, mirth (one of the ten Rasas, see rasa ), jest, amusement; ridi- cule, derision. —Hāsya-tā, f. laughableness, ridicu- lousness. —Hāsya-padavī, f. ‘road of laughter,’ ridicule, laughter, ( hāsya-padavīṃ yā, to expose one's self to laughter, incur ridicule.) —Hāsya-rasa, as, m. the sentiment of humour, sense of humour, comic vein, facetiousness (the fifth of the ten Rasas, see rasa ). —Hāsyārṇava (°ya-ar°), as, m. ‘ocean of mirth,’ N. of a drama by Jagad-īśvara. —Hāsyā- spada (°ya-ās°), am, n. a laughing-stock, butt for derision. [ ID=54026 ]

### Laughter, Mirth (4 definitions)
- Laughing, laughter, or mirth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > laughing, laughter, mirth (in rhet. one of the 10 Rasas or of the 8 Sthāyi-bhāvas, qq.vv. ), Yājñ.; MBh. &c. [ ID=262113 ]
- Laughter  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — स्यं (syaṃ) 1 Laughter; Yājñavalkya (Mr. Mandlik’s Edition) 1. 84
- 1. Laughter or mirth. 2. Laughable.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) [Printed book page 899-a ] हास्य (hāsya) ( स्यं ) ((syaṃ)) 1. n. Laughter, mirth. a. Laughable. [ ID=44019 ]
- 1. Laughter. 2. Mirth or amusement. 3. Ridicule or derision.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हास्य (hāsya) (II) n. 1. Laughter, Yaj. i.84; 2. mirth, amusement, M. ix.227; 3. ridicule, derision. [ ID=43203 ]

### Jest, Fun, Amusement, Sport (3 definitions)
- jest, fun, amusement  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > jest, fun, amusement, Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=262114 ]
- Mirth, amusement, sport  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — स्यं (syaṃ) 2 Mirth, amusement, sport; Manusmṛti 9. 227
- Jest, joke  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — स्यं (syaṃ) 3 Jest, joke

### Ridicule, Derision (2 definitions)
- Derision or ridicule.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — स्यं (syaṃ) 4 Derision, ridicule
- ridicule, derision  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पदवी, - मार्गः (padavī, -mārgaḥ) ridicule, derision; क्रुद्धैर्नीतस्त्रिभुवनजयी (kruddhairnītastribhuvanajayī) हास्यमार्गं दशास्यः (hāsyamārgaṃ daśāsyaḥ) Vikramāṅkadevacarita (Bombay) 18. 107

### Aesthetic Sentiment (Rasa) of Humor (1 definition)
- The sentiment of mirth or humor in poetry.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — स्यः (syaḥ) The sentiment of mirth or humour, one of the eight or nine sentiments in poetry; it is thus defined: - विकृताकारवाग्वेषचेष्टादेः कुहकाद्भवेत् । हास्यो (vikṛtākāravāgveṣaceṣṭādeḥ kuhakādbhavet. hāsyo) हासस्थायिभावः (hāsasthāyibhāvaḥ) (so must the line be read instead of हासो हास्यस्थायिभा वः (hāso hāsyasthāyibhā vaḥ) ) श्वेतः (śvetaḥ) प्रथतदैवतः (prathatadaivataḥ) Sāhityadarpaṇa 228

### Cross-reference (1 definition)
- See page 1168  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 1170-c ] हास्य (hāsya) hāsya. See p. 1168. col. 3. [ ID=54117 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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