Mandahasa, Mamdahasa, Manda-hasa, Mandahāsa, Mandahāsā: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Mandahāsā (मन्दहासा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) [defined as वं.इ.इ.वं] of the Vaṃśastha type as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—We find sixteen examples of Mandahāsā variety of Vaṃśastha metre in the Bhīṣmacarita. The example of it is verse XV.3. [...] The other examples are as follows: XV.18, XV.28, XV.29, XV.48, XVI.19, XVI.28, XVII.24, XVII.26, XVII.34, XVIII.1, XVIII.41, XIX.28, XX.17, XX.23 and XX.35.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Mandahāsa (मन्दहास).—a gentle laugh, a smile.
Derivable forms: mandahāsaḥ (मन्दहासः).
Mandahāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms manda and hāsa (हास). See also (synonyms): mandasmita, mandahāsya.
1) Mandahāsa (मन्दहास):—[=manda-hāsa] [from manda > mad] mfn. gently laughing, smiling, [Bhāminī-vilāsa] (am ind., [Daśakumāra-carita])
2) [v.s. ...] m. = -smita, [Pañcarātra]
Mandahāsa (मन्दहास):—1. m. leises Lachen [Nārada’s Pañcarātra 3,11,4.]
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Mandahāsa (मन्दहास):—2. Adj. leise lächelnd [Bhāminīvilāsa 2,87.] m Adv. [Daśakumāra 4,3.]
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
Maṃdahāsa (ಮಂದಹಾಸ):—[noun] the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
mandahāsa (မန္ဒဟာသ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[manda+hāsa]
[မန္ဒ+ဟာသ]
[Pali to Burmese]
mandahāsa—
(Burmese text): အနည်းငယ်-စဉ်းငယ်-ပြုံးရယ်ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): A little smile with a hint of laughter.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Hasa, Manda, Manta.
Starts with (+0): Mandahasam.
Full-text (+0): Mandahasam, Mandasmita, Mantacam, Mamdasmera, Mamdahasita, Mantakacam, Mandahasya, Vamshastha, Vani.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)
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