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{{Dictkey|བཞད་གད་པ།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''bzhad gad pa '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' shyé gepa}}
* ''Skt.'' विदूषकः, vidūṣaka, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' vidushaka}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} defiling, disgracing | facetious, witty | 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 | a libertine, catamite | N. of a Brāhman {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}}
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