हंसक

{ haṃsakḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

हंसक  m.  m. a goose, gander, swan, flamingo (also ‘a little or poor goose &c.’), [Kāv.]; [BhP.]
(in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.]
N. of a son of ब्रह्म-दत्त, [Hariv.]
हंसक  mn.  mn. an ornament for the feet or ankles (said to be formed like a goose's foot), [Śiś. vii, 23]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

हंसकः [haṃsakḥ]   1 A goose, flamingo.
An ornament for the ankles (नूपुर or पादकटक); सरित इव सविभ्रमप्रपातप्रणदित- हंसकभूषणा विरेजुः [Śi.7.23] (where the word is used in the first sense also); [Dk.2.5;] पादलग्नेनेव कलहंसयुगेन हंसक- युगलेन परिष्कृताभ्यां पादकमलाभ्यां ...... Cholachampū [p.6.]
A particular beating of time in music; L. D. B. See हंस above for other senses.

Shabda-Sagara

हंसक  m.  ( -कः)
1. An ornament for the feet, described as being made like a goose's foot.
2. The flamingo.
E. कन् added to the last.

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