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Hāsya (Sanskrit: हास्य) is a Sanskrit word for one of the nine rasas or bhava (mood) of Indian aesthetics, usually translated as humour or comedy. The colour associated with hasya is white and deity, Pramatha, and leads to exultation of the mind.

Hāsya often arises out of Sringara as mentioned in Natya Shastra, the classical treatise on the performing arts of Bharata Muni, theatrologist and musicologist. Rasa means "flavour", and the theory of rasa is the primary concept behind classical Indian arts, including theatre, music, dance, poetry, and even sculpture.

References

1. "Definition of hāsya". Sanskritdictionary. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
2. Peter Marchand (2006). The Yoga of the Nine Emotions: The Tantric Practice of Rasa Sadhana. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-1-59477-094-4.
3. ^ Gupteshwar Prasad (1994). I.A. Richards and Indian Theory of Rasa. Sarup & Sons. p. 100. ISBN 978-81-85431-37-6.
4. Susan L. Schwartz (2004). Rasa: Performing the Divine in India. Columbia University Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-231-13145-2.
5. Sanjukta Gupta (2013). Advaita Vedanta and Vaisnavism: The Philosophy of Madhusudana Sarasvati. Routledge. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-1-134-15774-7.
6. Ghosh, Manomohan (2002). Natyasastra. Chowkhamba sanskrit series office. ISBN 81-7080-076-5.
7. Poonam Trivedi; Dennis Bartholomeusz (2005). India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance. University of Delaware Press. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-0-87413-881-8.
8. Manorma Sharma (2007). Music Aesthetics. APH Publishing. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-81-313-0032-9.

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