Name #191 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ಹಂಸಃ Hamsa — meaning in Kannada
Hamsa (haṃsaḥ) is name #191 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), the shloka it comes from in Kannada, and the English meaning — from the full name page.
ದಿವ್ಯ ಹಂಸ — "ನಾನೇ ಅವನು"
In English: The divine swan — "I am He"
From shloka 21 · chapter Kūrma
ಮರೀಚಿರ್ದಮನೋ ಹಂಸಃ ಸುಪರ್ಣೋ ಭುಜಗೋತ್ತಮಃ
ಹಿರಣ್ಯನಾಭಃ ಸುತಪಾಃ ಪದ್ಮನಾಭಃ ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಃ
Also in this shloka: marīciḥ · damanaḥ · suparṇaḥ · bhujagottamaḥ · hiraṇyanābhaḥ · sutapāḥ · padmanābhaḥ · prajāpatiḥ
Hamsa in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.