[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.636 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.636 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.636 - **Language:** English ### [c5.636](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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. - [Previous: c5.635](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.635) - [Next: c5.637](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.637) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.636](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.636) · Pramāṇa