[has-ac-pṛṣoº varṇāgamaḥ] (said to be derived from has; cf. bhavedvarṇāgamād haṃsaḥ Sk.) 1 A swan, goose, duck, flamingo; haṃsāḥ saṃprati pāṃḍavā iva vanādajñātacaryāṃ gatāḥ Mk. [Page1163-1c+ 15] 5. 6; na śobhate sabhāmadhye haṃsamadhye bako yathā Subhāsh., R. 17. 25. (the description of this bird, as given by Sanskrit writers, is more poeti- cal than real; he is described as forming the vehicle of the god Brahman,...