parīhāsaḥ is an alternate of parihāsaḥ. 1 Joking, jesting, jest, mirth: merriment; tvarāprastāvo- yaṃ na khalu parihāsasya viṣayaḥ Māl. 9. 44; parihāsapūrvaṃ ‘jokingly or in jest’ R. 6. 82; parihāsavijalpitaṃ Ś. 2. 18 ‘uttered in jest’; parīhāsāścitrāḥ satatama- bhavan yena bhavataḥ Ve. 3. 14; Ku. 7. 19; R. 9 8; Śi. 10. 12.

2 Ridicul- ing, deriding. Comp. vedin m. a buffoon, jester, a witty person.