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Hamsa (bird)
The hamsa (Sanskrit: हंस, ' or ''hansa'') is an aquatic bird of passage, such as a goose or a swan.〔〔 Its icon is used in Indian and Southeast Asian culture as a spiritual symbol and a decorative element.〔
==Identification ==
Monier Williams translates the term from Sanskrit as "goose, gander, swan, flamingo, or other aquatic bird of passage".〔Monier Monier-Williams, Monier Williams Sanskrit Dictionary, (हंस, Hamsa ), University of Koeln, Germany, ISBN 978-8120615090, page 1286〕 The word is also used for a mythical or poetical bird with knowledge. In the Rig Veda, it is the bird which is able to separate Soma from water, when mixed; in later Indian literature, the bird separates milk from water when mixed.〔 In Indian philosophical literature, ''hamsa'' represents the individual soul or spirit (typified by the pure sunlight-white like color of a goose or swan), or the "Universal Soul or Supreme Spirit".〔
The word ''Hamsa'' is cognate with Latin "(h)anser", Greek "χήν", German "Gans", English "goose", Spanish "ganso" and Russian "гусь". However, Henry Milman and others state that some early translators were misled by the closeness of the word ''Hamsa'' to ''Gans'', and this is likely an incorrect link.〔Henry Milman, , The Poetical Works, John Murray, London, page 304〕
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