Haṃsa¹

bristling: see lomahaṃsa Snp.270 etc.

fr. haṃsati

Haṃsa²

1. a water-bird, swan SN.i.148; Snp.221, Snp.350, Snp.1134; Dhp.91, Dhp.175; Dhp-a.ii.170; Ja.ii.176 sq.; Snp-a.277; Pv.ii.12#3; Pv.iii.3#4. Considered as (suvaṇṇa-) rāja-haṃsa (“golden royal swan”) to be king of the birds: Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.353; Vism.650
   ■ At Snp-a.277 Bdhgh gives various kinds of haṃsa’s, viz. harita˚ tamba˚, khīra˚, kāḷa˚, pāka˚, suvaṇṇa˚
   ■ pāka˚; a species of water bird Ja.v.356; Ja.vi.539; Snp-a.277
   ■ f haṃsī Dāvs v.24 (rāja˚).
2. a kind of building Ja.i.92.

• -potaka a young swan Vism.153 (in simile).
• -rāja the king of swans Vv.35#8; Vin.iv.259.

cp. Sk. haṃsa = Lat. (h)anser “goose,” Gr. ξήν = Ags. gōs = E. goose, Ger. gans