हंस
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰansás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰansás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬁 (zā), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Latin ānser, Lingala zoss, German Gans, Old Irish géiss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë, Old English gōs (whence English goose).
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬳᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
- হংস (Assamese script)
- হংস (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌹𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
- હંસ (Gujarati script)
- ꦲꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
- ಹಂಸ (Kannada script)
- ဟံသ (Burmese script)
- ହଂସ (Oriya script)
- ꢲꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
- హంస (Telugu script)
- ཧཾས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
Noun
हंस • (haṃsá) m
- a goose, gander, swan, flamingo (or other aquatic bird, considered as a bird of passage)
- sometimes a mere poetical or mythical bird, said in Rigveda to be able to separate Soma from water, when these two fluids are mixed, and in later literature, milk from water when these two are mixed
- the soul or spirit (typified by the pure white colour of a goose or swan, and migratory like a goose)
- sometimes "the Universal Soul or Supreme Spirit", identified with Virāj, Nārāyaṇa, Vishnu, Shiva, Kāma, and the Sun
- (in the dual) "the universal and the individual Spirit"
- a kind of ascetic
- a man of supernatural qualities born under a particular constellation
- an excellent draught-ox (according to some, a buffalo)
- a temple of a particular form
- a kind of mantra or mystical text
- name of two metres
- (music) a kind of measure
- a mystical name of the letter 'h'
- a spiritual preceptor
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of हंस (haṃsá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | हंसः haṃsáḥ |
हंसौ haṃsaú |
हंसाः / हंसासः¹ haṃsā́ḥ / haṃsā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | हंस háṃsa |
हंसौ háṃsau |
हंसाः / हंसासः¹ háṃsāḥ / háṃsāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | हंसम् haṃsám |
हंसौ haṃsaú |
हंसान् haṃsā́n |
Instrumental | हंसेन haṃséna |
हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām |
हंसैः / हंसेभिः¹ haṃsaíḥ / haṃsébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | हंसाय haṃsā́ya |
हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām |
हंसेभ्यः haṃsébhyaḥ |
Ablative | हंसात् haṃsā́t |
हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām |
हंसेभ्यः haṃsébhyaḥ |
Genitive | हंसस्य haṃsásya |
हंसयोः haṃsáyoḥ |
हंसानाम् haṃsā́nām |
Locative | हंसे haṃsé |
हंसयोः haṃsáyoḥ |
हंसेषु haṃséṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
Proper noun
हंस • (haṃsá) m
- name of a Deva-gandharva
- name of a Dānava
- name of a son of Brahmā
- name of a son of Vasu-deva
- name of a son of A-riṣṭā
- name of a son of Brahma-datta and general of Jarā-saṃdha
- name of various authors etc.
- name of one of the Moon's horses
- name of a mountain
- name of the Brahmans in Plakṣa-dvīpa
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “हंस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1286.
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