[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.652 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.652 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.652 - **Language:** English ### [c5.652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.652) HĀSYĀRNAVA. ‘Ocean of laughter.’ A modern comic piece in two acts, by a Pandit named Jagadīsa. “It is a severe but grossly indelicate satire upon the licentiousness of Brāhmans assuming the character of religious mendicants.”—Wilson. - [Previous: c5.651](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.651) - [Next: c5.653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.653) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.652) · Pramāṇa