प्रहसन

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Sanskrit [edit]

Noun [edit]

प्रहसन (prahasana) n

  1. laughter, amusement, mockery (Uttara., Hit.)
  2. (rhetoric) satire, sarcasm
  3. (comedy) farcical comedy (Daśar., Sāh., etc.)

Declension [edit]

References [edit]

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0700