Hasyarasa, Hāsyarasa, Hasya-rasa: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraHāsyarasa (शृङ्गाररस) refers to the “comic sentiment” used in dramatic performance (nāṭya). It is a Sanskrit compound composed of the words of hāsya (comic) and rasa (‘sentiment’). This sentiment is produced from a combination of determinants, consequents and complementary psychological states.
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (natyashastra)Hāsyarasa (हास्यरस) refers to the “comic sentiment” or “sentiment of laughter” as defined by Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century).—According to Cirañjīva the basic feeling of hāsya is laughter (hāsa). This laughter comes out by the excitant (vibhāva) like deformity, ensuants (anubhāva) like expanded cheek etc., and variants like dissimulation etc. It is according to Mammaṭa and others one of the thirty three variants. Though Cirañjīva has not given any variety of laughter, Bharata, the author of Nāṭyaśāstra, has given two varieties of laughter. Those are ātmastha and parastha or laughing with and laughing at.
Example of hāsya-rasa (sentiment of laughter):—
digambaro baddhajaṭākirīṭo bhasmāṅgarāgaḥ phaṇibhūṣaṇāḍhyaḥ |
jarāskhalatpuṅgavavāhanena samāgato gauri! varastavāyam ||“Oh Gouri! This is your husband who having the quarters of the globe as his sole garment, wearing a crown in the form of matted hair, besmeared with ashes, bedecked with ornaments in the form of serpents, has arrived riding on a ox stumbling on account of old age”.
Notes: Here the lord Śiva is described, his condition as depicted in the verse is not natural and as such it is to be taken as vairūpya. Gouri is surely concealing her feeling at the sight of Śiva. With all these the sentiment of laughter or hāsa is aroused. This illustrative verse of hāsya rasa has been composed by the author himself in upendrabajrā metre. In expressing the condition of Śiva, the husband of Gouri, this verse is appropriate and excites the sentiment of laughter.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (śāstra) of performing arts, (nāṭya, e.g., theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing dramatic plays (nataka) and poetic works (kavya).
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Pure Bhakti: Brhad BhagavatamrtamHāsyarasa (हास्यरस) refers to:—The radiant mellow of humor, one of the indirect relationships with Śrī Kṛṣṇa. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryhāsyarasa (हास्यरस).—m (S) The fifth of the nine rasa or sentiments,--that of laughter or delight.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHāsyarasa (हास्यरस).—the sentiment of mirth or humour; see हास्य (hāsya) above.
Derivable forms: hāsyarasaḥ (हास्यरसः).
Hāsyarasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hāsya and rasa (रस).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryHāsyarasa (हास्यरस).—m.
(-saḥ) The sentiment of humour.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHāsyarasa (हास्यरस):—[=hāsya-rasa] [from hāsya > has] m. the sense of humour (See rasa)
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHāsyarasa (ಹಾಸ್ಯರಸ):—[noun] = ಹಾಸ್ಯ - [hasya -] 4.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Hasyarasapradhanakavita, Hasyarasavat.
Full-text: Hasyarasavat, Haas, Hasa, Hasya, Apahasita, Atmastha, Smita, Parastha, Hasy.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 4.1.30 < [Part 1 - Laughing Ecstasy (hāsya-rasa)]
Verse 4.1.7 < [Part 1 - Laughing Ecstasy (hāsya-rasa)]
Part 1 - Laughing Ecstasy (hāsya-rasa) < [Northern Ocean: Indirect Loving Relationships]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Literary Study (Conclusion) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 9 - Sentiments (rasa) used in a Vyāyoga < [Chapter 5 - Vyāyoga (critical study)]
Puppetry in Assam (by Gitali Saikia)
Folk Theatre (c): Khulia Bhaona < [Chapter 6]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 2d - Rasa (4): Hāsya or the sentiment of humour < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]