[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Dramaturgy and Theory of Theatre](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya) › [Rasarnavasudhakara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara) › 2.476 # Rasarnavasudhakara 2.476 Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.476 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.476](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.476) avahasitam, yathā- phulla-nāsā-puṭaṃ yat syān nikuñcita-śiro' ṃsakam | 234 jihmāvaloka-nayanaṃ tac cāvahasitaṃ matam || > A mocking laugh (avahasita), for example: > That which has flared nostrils, contracted head and shoulders, / and eyes casting oblique glances, is considered a mocking laugh. || 234 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.476.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.476.p1) yathā- kharvāṭa-dhammilla-bharaṃ kareṇa saṃspṛṣṭa-mātraṃ patitaṃ vilokya | nikuñcitāṃsaṃ kuṭilekṣaṇāntaṃ phullāgra-nāsaṃ hasitaṃ sakhībhiḥ || > For example: > "Seeing the bald man's mass of braided hair > fall the moment it was touched by his hand, > her female friends laughed with hunched shoulders, > sidelong glances, and expanded nostril-tips." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.476) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.4.233) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.476](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.476) · Pramāṇa