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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Aṭṭahāsin (अट्टहासिन्) (Cf. Aṭṭahāsinī) refers to “one who laughs loudly”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “Pūrṇā (i.e., Pūrṇāmaṅgalā) is in the northwest and she sits on a vulture. She has one face, three eyes and two hands in which she holds a sword and, in the left, a severed head. She is a female warrior and, extremely fierce, she laughs loudly [i.e., aṭṭahāsinī]. She wears a deerskin. (Here) in the north-west, she destroys fear. Worshipped, she quickly bestows the boons and fruits of the adept’s (practice)”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṭṭahāsin (अट्टहासिन्).—[aṭṭaṃ hasati-has-ṇini]

1) Name of Śiva.

2) one who laughs very loudly.

Aṭṭahāsin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṭṭa and hāsin (हासिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṭṭahāsin (अट्टहासिन्).—mfn. (-sī-sinī-si) Laughing, loudly and violently. m. (-sī) A name of Siva. E. aṭṭahāsa, and ṇini poss. aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṭṭahāsin (अट्टहासिन्):—[=aṭṭa-hāsin] [from aṭṭa > aṭṭ] m. Name of Śiva.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṭṭahāsin (अट्टहासिन्):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-sī) A name of Śiva. E. aṭṭa and hāsin, ‘laughing loudly and violently’.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṭṭahāsin (अट्टहासिन्):—[aṭṭa-hāsin] (sī) 5. m. A name of Shiva. a. Laughing loudly.

[Sanskrit to German]

Attahasin in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Hasin, Atta.

Starts with: Attahasini.

Full-text: Attahasa, Attahasini.

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