गंधर्वः (gaMdharvaH)
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Apte 1890
Englishगंधर्वः 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
सोमं शौचं ददावासां गंधर्वश्च शुभां गिरं Y. 1. 71.
2 A singer in general.
3 A horse.
4 The musk-deer.
5 The soul after death and previous to its being born again.
6 The black cuckoo.
7 The sun.
8 A sage, pious man.
Comp.
नगरं,
पुरं the city of the Gandharvas, an imaginary city in the sky, probably the result of some natural phenomenon, such as mirage.
राजः Citraratha, the chief of the Gandharvas.
विद्या the science of music.
विवाहः one of the eight forms of marriage described in Ms. 3. 27 &c.
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, कथमप्यबांधवकृता स्नेहप्रवृत्ति Ś. 4. 16.
वेदः one of the four subordinate Vedas or Upavedas, which treats of music
see उपवेद.
हस्तः,
हस्तकः the castor-oil plant.
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