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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for हंस

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. हंसhaṃsaA swan, goose, duck; हंसाः संप्रति पाण्डवा इव वनादज्ञातचर्यां गताः Mk. 5.6; न शोभते सभामध्ये हंसमध्ये बको यथा…

    [हस्-अच्-पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied वर्णागमः] (said to be derived from हस्; Compare भवेद्वर्णागमाद् हंसः Sk.)

    1. A swan, goose, duck; हंसाः संप्रति पाण्डवा इव वनादज्ञातचर्यां गताः Mk. 5.6; न शोभते सभामध्ये हंसमध्ये बको यथा 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; Compare मानस. According to a very general poetical convention he is represented as being gifted with the peculiar power of separating milk from watere. g. सारं ततो ग्राह्यमपास्य फल्गु हंसो यथा क्षीरमिवाम्बुमध्यात् Pt.1; हंसोहि क्षीरमादत्ते तन्मिश्रा वर्जयत्यपः Ś.6.28; नीरक्षीरविवेके हंसालस्यं त्वमेव तनुषे चेत् । विश्वस्मिन्नधुनान्यः कुलव्रतं पालयिष्यति कः Bv.1.13; see Bh.2.18 also).
    2. The Supreme Soul, Brahman.
    3. The individual soul (जीवात्मन्); प्रीणीहि हंसशरणं विरम- क्रमेण Bhāg.4.29.56.
    4. One of the vital airs.
    5. The sun; हंसः शुचिषद्वसुरन्तरिक्षसद्धोता वेदिषत् Ka&tod;h.2.5.2; उषसि हंसमुदीक्ष्य हिमानिकाविपुलवागुरया परियन्त्रितम् Rām. ch.4.91.
    6. Śiva.
    7. Viṣṇu.
    8. Kāmadeva.
    9. An unambitious monorch.
    10. An ascetic of a particular order; Bhāg.3.12.43.
    11. A spiritual preceptor; Bhāg.7. 9.18.
    12. One free from malice, a pure person.
    13. A mountain.
    14. Envy, malice.
    15. A buffalo.
    16. A horse.
    17. A particular incantation; Latin D. B.
    18. The best of its kind (at the end of a compound; Compare कविहंस); Latin D. B.
    19. A temple of a particular form.
    20. Silver. -Adjective
    21. moving, going (गतिमान्); नव- द्वारं पुरं गत्वा हंसो हि नियतो वशी Mb.12.239.31 (see com.).
    22. Pure; हंसाय संयतगिरे निगमेश्वराय Bhāg.12.8.47;6.4. 26.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -साः (Masculine Plural) Name of a tribe said to live in the Plakṣa-Dvīpa.

    • -अंशुः Adjective white.

    • -अङ्घ्रिः vermilion.

    • -अधिरूढा an epithet of Sarasvatī.

    • -अभिख्यम् silver.

    • -आरूढः Name of Brahman.

    • -उदकम् a kind of cordial liquor (prepared from infusion of cardamoms).

    • -कान्ता a female goose.

    • -कालीतनयः a buffalo.

    • -कीलकः, -नीलकः a particular mode of sexual enjoyment.

    • -कूटः

      1. Name of one of the peaks of the Himālaya.
      2. the hump on the shoulder of an ox (for अंसकूट).

    • -गति Adjective having a swan's gait, stalking in a stately manner.

    • -गद्गदा a sweetly speaking woman.

    • -गामिनी

      1. a woman having graceful gait like that of a swan; अव्यङ्गाङ्गीं सौम्यनाम्नीं हंसवारणगा- मिनीम् (उद्वहेत् स्त्रियम्) Ms.3.1.
      2. Name of Brahmāṇi.

    • -गुह्यम् Name of a particular hymn; अस्तौषीद्धंसगुह्येन भगवन्त- मधोक्षजम् Bhāg.6.4.22.

    • -च्छत्रम् dry ginger.

    • -तूलः, -लम् the soft feathers of down of a goose; रत्नखचितहेमपर्यङ्के हंसतूलगर्भशयनमानीय Dk.1.4;2.2.

    • -दाहनम् aloewood.

    • -नादः the cackling of a goose.

    • -नादिनी 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; गजेन्द्रगमना तन्वी कोकिलालापसंयुता । नितम्बे गुर्विणी या स्यात् सा स्मृता हंसनादिनी).

    • -पक्षः a particular position o the hand.

    • -पदः a particular weight (कर्ष).

    • -पादम्

      1. vermilion.
      2. quick-silver.

    • -बीजम् a goose's egg.

    • -माला a flight of swans; तां हंसमालाः शरदीव गङ्गाम् Ku.1.3.

    • -यानम् a car drawn by swans.

    • -युवन् Masculine a young goose or swan.

    • -रथः, -वाहनः epithets of Brahman.

    • -राजः a king of geese, a large gander.

    • -लिपिः a particular mode of writing (with Jainas).

    • -लोमशम् green sulphate of iron.

    • -लोहकम् brass.

    • -श्रेणी a line of geese.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. हंसhaṃsam. (ifc. f(आ).; accord. to Un2. iii, 62 fr. √1. हन्, "to go?") a goose, gander, swan, flamingo (or other…
    1. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).; according to to Un2. iii, 62 from √1. हन्, "to go?") a goose, gander, swan, flamingo (or other aquatic bird, considered as a bird of passage; sometimes a mere poetical or mythical bird, said in fg-veda to be able to separate Soma सोम from water, when these two fluids are mixed, and in later literature, milk from water when these two are mixed; also forming in fg-veda the vehicle of the As3vins अश्विन् s, and in later lit literature that of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' also Equivalent to "best or chief among") fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender 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 Vira1j विराज्, Na1ra1yan2a नारायण, Vishn2u विष्णु, S3iva शिव, Ka1ma काम, and the Sun; dual number "the universal and the individual Spirit"; according to to Sa1y. resolvable into अहं स, "I am that") Up. MBh. Hariv. etc.
    3. masculine gender one of the vital airs Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender a kind of ascetic MBh. Hariv. BhP.
    5. masculine gender a man of supernatural qualities born under a particular constellation VarBr2S.
    6. masculine gender an unambitious monarch Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender a horse Naigh. i, 14
    8. masculine gender an excellent draught-ox (according to to some, "a buffalo") VarBr2S.
    9. masculine gender a mountain Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender a temple of a particular form VarBr2S.
    11. masculine gender a kind of Mantra मन्त्र or mystical text catalogue or catalogues
    12. masculine gender silver Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender envy, malice Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender Name of two metres Col.
    15. masculine gender (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.
    16. masculine gender a mystical Name of the letter ह् catalogue or catalogues
    17. masculine gender a spiritual preceptor W.
    18. masculine gender Name of a Deva-gandharva देव-गन्धर्व Hariv.
    19. masculine gender of a Da1nava दानव ibidem
    20. masculine gender of a son of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा BhP.
    21. masculine gender of a son of Vasu-deva वसु-देव ibidem
    22. masculine gender of a son of A-risht2a1 अ-रिष्टा MBh.
    23. masculine gender of a son of Brahma-datta ब्रह्म-दत्त and general of Jara1-sam2dha जरा-संध ibidem
    24. masculine gender of various authors etc. catalogue or catalogues
    25. masculine gender of one of the Moon's horses VP.
    26. masculine gender of a mountain Pur.
    27. masculine gender plural Name of the Bra1hmans Brahmans in Plaksha-dvi1pa प्लक्ष-द्वीप BhP.
    28. Nominal verb Parasmaipada that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसति, to act or behave like a swan Subh.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. हंसhaṃsa[hamsá] m. gander, goose (a bird of passage, vehicle of Brakman), perh. also swan or flamingo (possessing the…

    [hamsá] masculine gander, goose (a bird of passage, vehicle of Brakman), perhaps also swan or flamingo (possessing the power of separating Soma from water in Veda, Vedic, and milk from water in Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); (white and migratory like the goose), soul, sts. universal soul (Upanishad, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit): identified with Nârâyana, Vishnu, Krishna, and Virâg; kind of ascetic; noun: -ka, masculine (little or poor) goose; masculine or neuter (?) anklet; -gâminî, adjective feminine; also equal for having the gait of a hamsa, walking grace fully; -kihna-dukûla-vat, adjective clad in a garment interwoven with figures of geese; -tâ, feminine; also equal for condition of a goose; -tûla, neuter swansdown; -tva, neuter condition of a goose; -dvâra, neuter Swan's gate, noun of a pass on the way to lake Mânasa; -dvîpa, masculine noun of an island; -nâda, masculine noun of a fairy; -pada, neuter goose-foot (as a mark); -padikâ, feminine; also equal for noun of the first wife of Dushyanta; -mâlâ, feminine; also equal for flight of geese or swans; -yâna, neuter goose as a vehicle, car drawn by geese; adjective (î) riding on a goose; -ratha, masculine noun; -râga, masculine king of geese, large gander; masculine noun; -vat, adjective containing the word hamsa (Brâhmana): -î, feminine; also equal for noun, especially of the first wife of Dushyanta; -vâhana, masculine (riding on a goose), epithet of Brahman; -vega, masculine noun

    Source: Macdonell

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