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हंस haṅs, vulg. hans, s.m. (f. -ī), A goose, gander; swan; duck;—flamingo;—the living soul;—one of the vital airs;—an epithet of Brahmā; of Vishṇu; of Śiva; of Kām-dev; of the Sun; of an unambitious and liberal monarch; of an ascetic or devotee of a particular order;—a kind of horse:—haṅs-rāj, s.m. Name of a herb which springs up on brick walls during the rains (it is used medicinally); the plant Maiden-hair, Adiantum capillus veneris (commonly found by the side of streams; Pers. syn. parsiyāvashān; vulg. pareshāwashān; parse`oshāṅ);—name of a kind of rice:—haṅs-rūpī, adj. 'Swan-like'; graceful as the swan (applied to the gait of a person):—haṅs-gāminī, s.f. A graceful woman (lit.'walking like the swan'):—haṅs-gaman, s.m. The moving gracefully like a swan; gait of a swan or goose; graceful gait:—haṅs-gamanī, or hans-gawanī, s.f.=haṅs-gāminī, q.v.