cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 72]) hasati (mc. also °te; pf. jahāsa, jahase, [MBh.] &c.; aor. ahasīt Gr.; fut. hasitā, [ib.]; hasiṣyati, [MBh.] &c.; inf. hasitum, [ib.]; ind.p. hasitvā, -hasya, [ib.]), to laugh, smile, laugh at (instr.), [ṢaḍvBr.]; [Gobh.]; [MBh.] &c.; to deride, mock, ridicule (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to surpass, excel, [Kāvyād.]; to expand, open (as a blossom), [Kuval.] : Pass. hasyate (aor. ahāsi), to be laughed or smiled at, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. hāsayati (aor. ajīhasat), to cause to laugh, [Hariv.]; [Kum.] : Desid. jihasiṣati (cf. √ jakṣ) Gr.: Intens. jāhasyate (p. °yamāna, [MBh.]), jāhasti, to laugh continuously or immoderately, [ib.]
ind. an exclamation of laughter or loud merriment (also employed as a Nidhana in the Sāman).