Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.s1.9

Language: English

c11.s1.9

HAMSA. The *hamsa* is the well-known ‘sacred goose’ of Hinduism, where it stands for discrimination, being able, as the bird of Svarga Loka, to drink the milk only, from a vessel of milk mixed with water. The name stands also for beautiful gait; it is regarded *Hamsa* *Hamsa*

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