Hamsaka, Haṃsaka: 12 definitions
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Hamsaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Haṃsaka (हंसक) refers to classification of a temple/buidling (prāsāda), according to Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra chapter 63. The temple is mentioned being part of the group named Nāgara, which contains twenty different Prāsādas (temples/buildings). The Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra is an 11th-century encyclopedia dealing with various topics from the Vāstuśāstra.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Haṃsaka (हंसक) or Haṃsa refers to a “swan” and represents the form Brahmā assumed when discovering the origins of a Liṅga that appeared, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.15:—“[...] the swan has the power of going up steadily. It has the power of discriminating between the real and the unreal as in separating milk from water. The swan (haṃsaka) understands the distinction between ignorance and knowledge. Hence I (Brahmā) the Creator, assumed the form of Swan. O Nārada! But I failed to cognize the refulgent form of Śiva and therefore could not exercise my power of discrimination. How can real knowledge dawn on one who is engaged in activities of creation? Hence though in the form of Swan I could not attain the power of discrimination”.
Haṃsaka (हंसक).—A Dānava king.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 29. 122.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Haṃsaka (हंसक).—
1) A goose, flamingo.
2) An ornament for the ankles (nūpura or pādakaṭaka); सरित इव सविभ्रमप्रपातप्रणदित- हंसकभूषणा विरेजुः (sarita iva savibhramaprapātapraṇadita- haṃsakabhūṣaṇā virejuḥ) Śiśupālavadha 7.23 (where the word is used in the first sense also); Daśakumāracarita 2.5; पादलग्नेनेव कलहंसयुगेन हंसक- युगलेन परिष्कृताभ्यां पादकमलाभ्यां (pādalagneneva kalahaṃsayugena haṃsaka- yugalena pariṣkṛtābhyāṃ pādakamalābhyāṃ) ...... Cholachampū p.6.
3) A particular beating of time in music; L. D. B. See हंस (haṃsa) above for other senses.
Derivable forms: haṃsakaḥ (हंसकः).
Haṃsaka (हंसक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. An ornament for the feet, described as being made like a goose’s foot. 2. The flamingo. E. kan added to the last.
Haṃsaka (हंसक).—[haṃsa + ka], m. 1. The flamingo. 2. An ornament for the feet.
Haṃsaka (हंसक).—[masculine] little or miserable goose, goose i.[grammar] ([feminine] haṃsikā); [substantive] anklet.
1) Haṃsaka (हंसक):—[from haṃsa] m. a goose, gander, swan, flamingo (also ‘a little or poor goose etc.’), [Kāvya literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] (in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of Brahma-datta, [Harivaṃśa]
4) [v.s. ...] mn. an ornament for the feet or ankles (said to be formed like a goose’s foot), [Śiśupāla-vadha vii, 23]
Haṃsaka (हंसक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. An ornament for the feet; a flamingo.
Haṃsaka (हंसक):—(von haṃsa) gaṇa pakṣādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 80.]
1) m. a) eine arme Gans [Spr. (II) 6035.] Gans überh. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 12, 8.] Flamingo [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) ein best. Tact [SAM̃GĪTADĀM. im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Nomen proprium eines Mannes gaṇa naḍādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 99.] = haṃsa ein Sohn Brahmadatta's und Heerführer des Jarāsaṃdha [Harivaṃśa 16072.] —
2) m. ( [Amarakoṣa] und [Hārāvalī]) und n. ( [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi] und [Halāyudha]) Fussring [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 11.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 666.] [Hārāvalī 173.] [Halāyudha 2, 406.] bhūṣaṇa [Śiśupālavadha 7, 23.] —
3) f. haṃsikā [Uṇādisūtra 4, 153.] a) eine weibliche Gans [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [UJJVAL.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 69, 154.] [NALOD. 2, 40.] — b) Nomen proprium einer mythischen Kuh [Mahābhārata 5, 3609.] — Vgl. hāṃsakāyana .
Haṃsaka (हंसक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Haṃsaya.
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
Haṃsaka (ಹಂಸಕ):—
1) [noun] = ಹಂಸ - [hamsa -] 1.
2) [noun] an anklet with a series of small jingling bells.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Hamsakakiya, Hamsakali, Hamsakalitanaya, Hamsakalpa, Hamsakamala, Hamsakamanam, Hamsakanta, Hamsakara, Hamsakavati, Hamsakavi, Hamsakaya, Hamsakayana.
Full-text (+0): Javahamsaka, Kalahamsaka, Hamsakavati, Hamsakayana, Aupasthitika, Hamsaya, Heng suo jia, Hamsika, Ankicakam, Hamsa, Adhri, Srishtipravritti, Nagara, Ajnanajnana, Tattvatattva, Viveka.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 187 < [Volume 15 (1913)]
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
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Bhasa (critical and historical study) (by A. D. Pusalker)
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 28 - Kriyā-Yoga: Meditation on the Forms of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa < [Section 9 - Vāsudeva-māhātmya]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
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