विदूषक

{ vidūṣaka }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  प्रायः नाटकों में हँसानेवाला एक पात्र जो नायक का अंतरंग मित्र या सखा होता है   Ex. विदूषक के प्रवेश करते ही रंगमंच की रौनक दोगुनी हो जाती है ।

ONTOLOGY:

व्यक्ति (Person) ➜ स्तनपायी (Mammal) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

asm বিদুষক

bd भावरिया

ben বিদুষক

kan ಹಾಸ್ಯಗಾರ

kas مسکَھر , جوکُر , تھسگوٚر , ٹَھٹھہٕ گوٚر

mal വിദൂഷകന്

mar विदुषक

mni ꯕꯤꯗꯨꯁꯛ

ori ବିଦୂଷକ

pan ਭੰਡ

san विदूषकः

tel హాస్యగాడు

urd مسخرہ , جوکر , نقال , ٹھٹے باز , مذاقیہ , ہنسوڑ

See : जोकर

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

ना.  जोकर , नकल्या , बहुरुपी . विनोदी - पात्र , सोंगाडया .

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : भांड

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. नाटकांतील एक विनोदी पात्र ; खुषमस्कर्‍या . [ सं . ]

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : जोकर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि-दूषक  mfn.  mfn. defiling, disgracing, [BhP.]

ROOTS:

वि दूषक

facetious, witty, [W.]
वि-दूषक  m.  m. a jester, wag, buffoon ( esp. in dram.) the jocose companion and confidential friend of the hero of a play (he acts the same confidential part towards the king or hero, that her female companions do towards the heroine; his business is to excite mirth in person and attire, and to make himself the universal butt; a curious regulation requires him to be a Brāhman, or higher in caste than the king himself; cf. [IW. 474]), [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Sāh.] &c.

ROOTS:

वि दूषक

a libertine, catamite, [L.]
N. of a Brāhman, [Kathās.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विदूषक [vidūṣaka] a.  a. (-की f.)
Defiling, polluting, contaminating, corrupting.
Detracting, abusing.
Witty, humorous, jocular.
कः A jester, buffon.
Particularly, the humorous companion and confidential friend of the hero in a play, who excites mirth by his quaint dress, speeches, gestures, appearances &c., and by allowing himself to be made the butt fo ridicule by almost every body; the [S. D.] thus defines him: कुसुमवसन्ताद्यभिधः कर्मवपुर्वेशभाषाद्यैः । हास्यकरः कलहरतिर्विदूषकः स्यात् स्वकर्मज्ञः ॥ 79; cf. also शृङ्गारस्य सहाया विटचेटविदूषकाद्याः स्युः । भक्ता नर्मसु निपुणाः कुपितवधूमानभञ्जनाः शुद्धाः ॥ ibid.
A libertine, lecher.
A critic; an opponent; प्राशंसि संसद्गुरुणापि चार्वी चार्वाकता सर्वविदूषकेण [N.1.57.]

Shabda-Sagara

विदूषक  mfn.  ( -कः-षिका-कं)
1. Facetious, witty, a wag, a jester.
2. Cen- sorious, detracting, a detractor or abuser of other people.
 m.  ( -कः) 1. An actor, especially an interlocutor with the audience between the acts or scenes, a jester, a buffoon.
2. (In dramatic language,) The humble and jocose companion of the principal character.
3. A catamite.
 f.  ( -की) Corrupting, contaminating.
E. वि before, दूष् to be or make bad, aff. क्वुन् .

ROOTS:

वि दूष् क्वुन् .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : वैहासिक