RULE id: hamsa (1452) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p160) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: hamsa STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [citation] Hamsa occurs in several Upaniṣads and is mentioned in Kathopanişad as a synonym of ātman -- p.vol_II_p160 "'Hamsa' occurs in several Upaniṣads; the most relevant occurrence is in Kathopanişad II.5.2, where hamsa is mentioned as one of the synonyms of 'ātman'." CITED_RULES: - kathopanişad (citation) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false