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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upahas (उपहस्).—1 P.

1) To ridicule, deride, laugh at; (fig.) to excel, surpass; अमरगुरुमपि प्रज्ञयोपहसद्भिः (amaragurumapi prajñayopahasadbhiḥ) K.7; Daśakumāracarita 1.

2) To couple oneself with.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upahas (उपहस्).—smile; (also [Causative]) laugh at, ridicule.

Upahas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and has (हस्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upahas (उपहस्):—[=upa-√has] [Parasmaipada] -hasati, to laugh at, deride, ridicule, [Mahābhārata; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.; Mṛcchakaṭikā; Pañcatantra] etc.;

—to smile:

—[Causal] -hāsayati, to deride, ridicule, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Upahas (उपहस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvahasa, Uhasa, Ohasa.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Upahas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) derision, ridicule, mockery;—[karana] to deride, to ridicule; -[citra] a caricature..—upahas (उपहास) is alternatively transliterated as Upahāsa.

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Partial matches: Has, Upa.

Starts with: Upahasa, Upahasagir, Upahasaka, Upahasanem, Upahasaniya, Upahasaniyata, Upahasapatra, Upahasaspad, Upahasaspada, Upahasasthana, Upahasi, Upahasin, Upahasita, Upahasta, Upahastaya, Upahastika, Upahasvan, Upahasya, Upahasyata.

Full-text: Uvahasa, Upahasa, Uhasa, Ohasa, Upahasaspada, Upahasaniyata, Upahasin, Upahasvan, Upahasya, Upahasagir, Upahasita, Upahasyata, Upahasaka, Uhasati.

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