Upahasaspada, Upahasa-aspada, Upahāsāspada: 6 definitions
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Upahasaspada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Upahasaspad.
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Marathi-English dictionary
upahāsāspada (उपहासास्पद).—n S (upahāsa & āspada Place or seat.) A laughing-stock; a butt for ridicule.
upahāsāspada (उपहासास्पद).—n A laughing-stock, a butt of ridicule.
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
Upahāsāspada (उपहासास्पद).—laughing-stock, butt of ridicule.
Derivable forms: upahāsāspadam (उपहासास्पदम्).
Upahāsāspada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upahāsa and āspada (आस्पद). See also (synonyms): upahāsapātra.
Upahāsāspada (उपहासास्पद):—[from upa-hāsa > upa-has] n. a laughing-stock.
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
Upahāsāspada (उपहासास्पद) [Also spelled upahasaspad]:—(a) ridiculous, absurd, worth being laughed at; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Nepali dictionary
Upahāsāspada (उपहासास्पद):—adj. 1. laughable; 2. deserving scorn; contemptuous;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Upahasa, Aspada.
Full-text: Uphasaaspad, Upahasaspad, Upahasapatra, Udapatra.
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Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
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