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    See also apahasitam, apahasitaṃ.


    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 182, col. 2.
    apahasita Tatpur. n. (-tam) An uneducated mode of laughing,

    a manner in which low people would laugh, as ‘with tears

    coming into the eyes’ (‘nīcānāmapahasitam…apahasitaṃ

    sāsrākṣam’); mentioned in Rhetoric as one of the vyabhicā-

    ribhāvāḥ or accessory conditions of the Comic (or hāsyarasa).

    Comp. apahāsa. E. apa and hasita.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 53, col. 3.
    Apa-hasita, am, n. or apa-hāsa, as, m. silly or

    causeless laughter.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 53, col. 2.
    apa-hasita n. silly or causeless laughter, Sāh.
    p. 1314, col. 2.
    (also) smiling in tears, Daśar.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 48, col. 3.
    apahasita n. ein Lachen, bei dem einem die Tränen in die Augen kommen, Daśar. 4, 71; Sāh. D. 86, 12.