Name #191 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

हंसः Hamsa — meaning in Hindi

Hamsa (haṃsaḥ) is name #191 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Hindi (हिन्दी), the shloka it comes from in Devanagari, and the English meaning — from the full name page.

दिव्य हंस — "मैं वही हूँ"

In English: The divine swan — "I am He"

From shloka 21 · chapter Kūrma

मरीचिर्दमनो हंसः सुपर्णो भुजगोत्तमः
हिरण्यनाभः सुतपाः पद्मनाभः प्रजापतिः
verse 21

Also in this shloka: marīciḥ · damanaḥ · suparṇaḥ · bhujagottamaḥ · hiraṇyanābhaḥ · sutapāḥ · padmanābhaḥ · prajāpatiḥ

Hamsa in other languages: Telugu · Tamil · Kannada · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English