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Entry गन्धर्व

गन्धर्वgandharva1 A celestial musician, a class of demi-gods regarded as the singers or musicians of gods, and said to give…
1. 1 A celestial musician, a class of demi-gods regarded as the singers or musicians of gods, and said to give good and agreeable voice to girls; पतङ्गो वाचं मनसा बिभर्ति तां गन्धर्वोऽवदद्गर्भे अन्तः Rv.1.177.2; Av.11.5.2; सोमं शौचं ददावासां गन्धर्वश्च शुभां गिरम् Y.1.71.
2. A singer in general; Mb.7.57.4.
3. A horse; Mb.3.
4. The musk-deer.
5. The soul after death and previous to its being born again; तस्यासीद्दुहिता गन्धर्वगृहीता Bṛi. Up.3.3.1.
6. The black cuckoo.
7. The sun.
8. A sage, pious man; Vāj.32.7.
Derived forms and compounds
- -तैलम् Castor-oil.
- -नगरम्, -पुरम् the city of the Gandharvas, an imaginary city in the sky, probably the result of some natural phenomenon, such as mirage; गन्धर्वनगराकारं तथैवान्तर्हितं पुनः Mb.1.126.35.
- -राजः Chitraratha, the chief of the Gandharvas.
- -विद्या the science of music.
- -विवाहः one of the eight forms of marriage described in Ms.3.27 etc.; in this form marriage proceeds entirely from love or the mutual inclination of a youth and maiden without ceremonies and without consulting relatives; it is, as Kālidāsa observes, कथमप्यबान्धवकृता स्नेहप्रवृत्तिः Ś.4.17.
- -वेदः one of the four subordinate Vedas or Upavedas, which treats of music; see उपवेद.
- -हस्तः, -हस्तकः the castoroil plant.
In the Gita10·26

गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ॥

gandharvāṇāṁ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṁ kapilo muniḥ. — I am the Ashwattha among all plants and trees; and I am Narada among the divine sages, Chitraratha among the Gandharvas, the Muni Kapila among the… 10·26
- गन्धर्वाणाम्gandharvāṇāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun gandharva (Gandharvas, the celestial singers and musicians).
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