A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.636

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c5.636

HANSA. Hansa and Dimbhaka were two great warrior-brothers mentioned in the Mahā-bhārata as friends of Jarā-sandha. A certain king also named Hansa was killed by Bala-rāma. Hearing that “Hansa was killed,” Dimbhaka, unable to live without him, committed suicide, and when Hansa heard of this he drowned himself in the Yamunā.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit