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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

  • हस् cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xvii, 72) हसति (mc. also °ते; pf. जहास, जहसे, MBh. &c.; aor. अहसीत् Gr.; fut. हसिता, ib.; हसिष्यति, MBh. &c.; inf. हसितुम्, ib.; ind.p. हसित्वा, -हस्य, ib.),
    to laugh, smile, laugh at (instr.), ṢaḍvBr.; Gobh.; MBh. &c.;
    to deride, mock, ridicule (acc.), MBh.; R. &c.;
    to surpass, excel, Kāvyâd.;
    to expand, open (as a blossom), Kuval. :
    Pass. हस्यते (aor. अहासि), to be laughed or smiled at, MBh.; Kāv. &c.:
    Caus. हासयति (aor. अजीहसत्), to cause to laugh, Hariv.; Kum. :
    Desid. जिहसिषति (cf. √ जक्ष्) Gr.:
    Intens. जाहस्यते (p. °यमान, MBh.), जाहस्ति, to laugh continuously or immoderately, ib.
  • हस् ind. an exclamation of laughter or loud merriment (also employed as a Nidhana in the Sāman).

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

  • हस् 1 P. (हसति, हसित)
    1 To smile, laugh (gently); हससि यदि किंचिदपि दंतरुचिकौमुदी हरति दरतिमिरमतिघोरं Gīt. 10; Bk. 7. 63, 14. 93.
    2 To laugh at, mock, ridicule (with acc.); यमवाप्य विदर्भभूः प्रमुं हसति द्यामपि शक्रभर्तृकां N. 2. 16.
    3 (Hence) To surpass, excel, throw into the back-ground; यो जहासेव वासुदेवं K.; Śi. 1. 71.
    4 To resemble; श्रिया हसद्भिः कमलानि सस्मितैः Ki. 8. 44.
    5 To jest, joke.
    6 To open, bloom, blow; हसद्बंधु जीवप्रसूनैः.
    7 To brighten up, or to clear up; भास्वानुदेष्यति हसिष्यति चक्रवालं Subhāṣ.
    — Caus. (हासयति-ते) To cause to smile; Ku. 7. 95.