laughing, merry; (nt.) laughter, mirth AN.i.261; Pv.iii.3#5 (= hasitavant hasita-mukhin C.); Mil.297 Bv.i.28; Ja.i.62 (? read hesita); Ja.iii.223; Vism.20.

• -uppāda “genesis of mirth,” aesthetic faculty Tikp.276; see Cpd. 20 sq.

pp. of hasati, representing both Sk. hasita & hṛṣita