vidūśaka | विदूशक | vidUzaka
vi-dūśaka | वि-दूशक | mfn. defiling, disgracing, BhP.
facetious, witty, W.
vi-dūśaka | वि-दूशक | 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.
a libertine, catamite, L.
N. of a Brāhman, Kathās.
facetious, witty, W.
vi-dūśaka | वि-दूशक | 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.
a libertine, catamite, L.
N. of a Brāhman, Kathās.