haMsaH [ has-ac-pfzo° varRAgamaH ] (said to be derived from has ; cf. BavedvarRAgamAd haMsaH Sk. ) 1 A swan, goose, duck, flamingo; haMsAH saMprati pAMqavA iva vanAdajYAtacaryAM gatAH ( pb ) Mk. 5. 6 ; na SoBate saBAmaDye haMsamaDye bako yaTA Subhāṣ. , R. 17. 25. (the description of this bird, as given by Sanskrit writers, is more poetical than real; he is described as forming the vehicle of the god Brahman, and as ready to fly towards the Mānasa lake at the approach of rains; cf. mAnasa . According to a very general poetical convention he is represented as being gifted with the peculiar power of separating milk from water; e. g. sAraM tato grAhyamapAsya Palgu haMso yaTA kzIramivAMbumaDyAt Pt. 1 ; haMso hi ( pb ) kzIramAdatte tanmiSrA varjayatyapaH Ś. 6. 27 ; nIrakzIraviveke haMsAlasyaM tvameva tanuze cet . viSvasminnaDunAnyaH kulavrataM pAlayizyati kaH Bv. 1. 13 ; see Bh. 2. 18 also). 2 The Supreme Soul, Brahman. 3 The individual soul, ( jIvAtman ). 4 One of the vital airs. 5 The sun. 6 Śiva. 7 Viṣṇu. 8 Kāmadeva. 9 An unambitious monarch. 10 An ascetic of a particular order. 11 A spiritual preceptor. 12 One free from malice, a pure person. 13 A mountain. 14 Envy, malice. 15 A buffalo. — sO ( m. pl. ). N. of a tribe said to live in the Plakṣa-Dvīpa. Comp. — aMSu a. white. — aMGriH vermilion. — aDirUQA an epithet of Sarasvatī. — aBiKyaM silver. — ArUQaH N. of Brahman. — kAMtA a female goose. — kIlakaH a particular mode of sexual enjoyment. — kUwaH 1 N. of the peaks of the Himālaya. 2 the hump on the shoulder of an ox; (for aMsakUwa ). — gati a. having a swan's gait, stalking in a stately manner. — gadgadA a sweetly speaking woman. — gAminI 1 a woman having graceful gait like that of a swan; Ms. 3. 10. 2 N. of Brahmāṇī. — tUlaH — laM the soft feathers or down of a goose. — dAhanaM aloe-wood. — nAdaH the cackling of a goose. — nAdinI a woman of a particular class (described as having a slender waist, large hips, the gait of an elephant and the voice of a cuckoo; gajeMdragamanA tanvI kokilAlApasaMyutA . nitaMbe gurviRI yA syAt sA smftA haMsanAdinI ). — pAdaM vermilion. — mAlA a flight of swans; Ku. 1. 30. — yuvan m. a young goose or swan. — raTaH , — vAhanaH epithets of Brahman. — rAjaH a king of geese. — lomaSaM green sulphate of iron. — lohakaM brass. — SreRI a line of geese.