Hamsaraja, Haṃsarāja, Hamsa-raja: 7 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraHaṃsarāja (हंसराज) refers to the “king of the swans”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 3).—Accordingly, “[...] Similarly, it is said at length in the Tsi fa king (Dharmasaṃgrahasūtra?): When the Buddha entered into nirvāṇa, the earth trembled six times, the rivers reversed their courses, a violent wind blew up in a tempest, black clouds arose on the horizon in the four directions. [...] The great Arhats everywhere, gave up their bodies at will in the mountains and forests, near rivers and springs, in the valleys and ravines, and entered into parinirvāṇa. Other Arhats took their departure into the sky (ākāśa) like the king of the swans (haṃsarāja). They manifested all kinds of miraculous powers (ṛddhibāla) so that the multitude of men might obtain pure faith (śraddhāviṣuddhi).
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHaṃsarāja (हंसराज).—a king of geese, a large gander.
Derivable forms: haṃsarājaḥ (हंसराजः).
Haṃsarāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms haṃsa and rāja (राज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryHaṃsarāja (हंसराज).—[masculine] a big gander (lit. a king of geese).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Haṃsarāja (हंसराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Rāmacandra (Strījātaka). Bik. 339.
2) Haṃsarāja (हंसराज):—Bālabodhinī Śrutabodhaṭīkā.
3) Haṃsarāja (हंसराज):—Cikitsotsava.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Haṃsarāja (हंसराज):—[=haṃsa-rāja] [from haṃsa] m. ‘king of geese’, a large gander, [Hitopadeśa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
3) [v.s. ...] of various authors, [Catalogue(s)]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHaṃsarāja (ಹಂಸರಾಜ):—
1) [noun] the long-necked, web-footed goose, Anser indicus of Anatidae family, with white head that has a black stripe, noted for its ability to fly over a height of 18,000 ft; a bar-headed goose.
2) [noun] '[wrong form of ಹಲಸರಾಜ [halasaraja]] the plant Adiantum capillus of Polypodiaceae.'
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Hamsaraja vaidya.
Full-text: Bhishakcakracittotsava, Hamsaraja vaidya, Shrutabodha, Balabodhini, Ramacandra.
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