Hamsa

In the epics

Hamsa appears in the Mahābhārata as a warrior: One of Jarasandha's two supreme warriors.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Simha
• Nakshatra: Magha
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Swan, the vehicle of Saraswati; Swan, pure soul, divine”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Hansika — Meanings families give: A little swan, graceful and white; Small swan; beautiful woman
• Hansa — Swan, soul, the Supreme Being
• Hansabai — Lady swan, graceful and pure
• Devyani — Meanings families give: Chariot of the gods, daughter of Shukra; Chariot of gods, divine vehicle
• Pushpak — Flowery, the divine celestial vehicle
• Nandish — Lord of joy, happy bull Nandi the vehicle of Shiva

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Isha — Meanings families give: Goddess, divine; Goddess Parvati, ruler, purity; Goddess, pure, desire
• Siddhi — Meanings families give: Achievement, supernatural power; Accomplishment, magical power; Achievement, attainment, success; Achievement, perfection, spiritual power
• Niharika — Meanings families give: Dew drops, nebula; Dew drops, mist, galaxy; Dewdrops, morning dew
• Keerthi — Meanings families give: Fame, glory; Fame, glory, reputation
• Harika — Meanings families give: Lord Vishnu; Devotee of Hari, Vishnu
• Bhoomika — Meanings families give: Earth, role; Earth, role, foundation

Other names under Simha rashi

• Lavanya — beauty, loveliness
• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Surya — the wife of the god
• Lakshay — Target, aim, goal
• Harshil — Joyful, happy
• Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Simha names.

Where this comes from

Hamsa has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.