[has-bhāve ghañ] 1 Laughter, laughing, smile; bhāso hāsaḥ P. R. 1. 22.

2 Joy, mirth, merriment.

3 Laughter, as the prevailing feeling of the rasa called hāsya; see S. D. 207.

4 Derisive laughter; R. 12. 36.

5 Opening, blowing, expanding (as of lotuses &c.); kūlāni sāmarṣatayeva tenuḥ sarojalakṣmīṃ stha- lapadmahāsaiḥ Bk. 2. 3.