हंस

See also: हँस, हस, हस्, हँसी, हिंसा, and हाँसो

Hindi

From Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

हंस • (hans) m (Urdu spelling ہنس‎)

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

Masculine a-stem declension of हंस (haṃsá)
	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	¹Vedic

हंस • (Haṃsá) m

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1286

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