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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Aṭṭahāsya (अट्टहास्य) refers to “laughter”, 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, “(Kubjikā) is the colour of (dark) blue collyrium. [...] She wears a tiger skin and a cloak of lion skin. Her limbs are adorned with divine ornaments and she laughs loudly [i.e., aṭṭa-aṭṭahāsya-hāsinī]. Her western face is yellow and the one in the north is dark blue. (The one) in the south is black. The eastern one, displayed in front, is red while the one born in the north-east (i.e. above) is (white) as crystal. The uppermost face, worshipped as Parā, (shines) like a thousand suns. Śambhu has said that all the faces have fierce gaping mouths with protruding teeth”.

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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

Aṭṭahāsya (अट्टहास्य).—[karma°] a loud or boisterous laughter, a horse-laugh, cachinnation, usually of Śiva; त्र्यम्बकस्य (tryambakasya) Meghadūta 58; गिरिश° (giriśa°) Daśakumāracarita 1.

Derivable forms: aṭṭahāsyam (अट्टहास्यम्).

Aṭṭahāsya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṭṭa and hāsya (हास्य). See also (synonyms): aṭṭahāsa, aṭṭahasita.

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

1) Aṭṭahāsya (अट्टहास्य):—[=aṭṭa-hāsya] [from aṭṭa > aṭṭ] n. loud laughter

2) [v.s. ...] a horse-laugh.

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

Aṭṭahāsya (अट्टहास्य):—[karmadharaya compound] n.

(-syam) Violent laughter, a horse-laugh. E. aṭṭa and hāsya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Attahasya 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: Hasya, Atta.

Ends with: Attattahasya.

Full-text: Attahasa, Attahasita, Atta, Samjanana.

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