Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A goose, flamingo.
2 An ornament for the ankles (nūpura or pādakaṭaka); sarita iva savibhramaprapātapra- ṇaditahaṃsakabhūṣaṇā virejuḥ Śi. 7. 23 (where the word is used in the first sense also; see haṃsa above for other senses).