haṃsa (m)
Meanings
- (in music) a kind of measure
- a goose
- a horse
- a kind of ascetic
- a kind of Mantra or mystical text
- a man of supernatural qualities born under a particular constellation
- a mountain
- a mystical name of the letter h
- a spiritual preceptor
- a temple of a particular form
- an excellent draught-ox
- an unambitious monarch
- envy
- flamingo (or other aquatic bird)
- gander
- malice
- name of a Dānava
- name of a Devagandharva
- name of a mountain
- name of a son of Ariṣṭā
- name of a son of Brahmadatta and general of Jarāsaṃdha
- name of a son of Brahmā
- name of a son of Vasudeva
- name of one of the Moon's horses
- name of the Brāhmans in Plakṣadvīpa
- name of two metres
- name of various authors
- one of the vital airs
- silver
- swan
- the soul or spirit (typified by the pure white colour of a goose or swan)
Sememes
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