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गन्धर्वी (gandharvI)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गन्धर्वी॑ (ई॑),
f.
 Gandharvī (daughter of Surabhi and mother of the race of horses,
MBh.
 i, 2631
f.
R.
 iii, 20, 28
f.
VāyuP.
 ),
RV.
 x, 11, 2
R.
night,
BhP.
 iv, 29, 21
Macdonell
English
गन्धर्वी gandharvī́,
f.
 female being akin to 🞄Gandharva.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 गन्धर्वी
noun
स्त्रीत्वविशिष्टः गन्धर्वः।
"गन्धर्व्यः सुन्दर्यः आसन्।"
Mahabharata
English
Gandharvī^1, the mother of the horses. § 127 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2631 (daughter of Surabhi), 2632 (her offspring are the horses).
Gandharvī^2 (“female Gandharva”). § 162 (Śāntanūp.): I, 97, 3894 (Gaṅgā is questioned if she is a G.).--§ 221 (Caitrarathap.): I, 170, (6470), 6470 (nāmnā Kumbhanasī). --§ 222 (Tapatyup.): I, 171, 6523, 6553.--§ 549 (Pāṇḍavapraveśap.): IV, 9, 257 (Draupadī is questioned if she is a G.), 260.
पुराणम्
English
गन्धर्वी / GANDHARVĪ. The first mother of horses. Kaśyapaprajāpati had by his wife krodhavaśā ten daughters: mṛgī, mṛgamandā, Harī, bhadramatā, mātaṅgī, śārdūlī, śvetā, surabhi, surasā and kadrū. Of the ten girls surabhi in due course of time became mother of two daughters. rohiṇī and gandharvī. From rohiṇī was born the cattlebreed and horses were born from gandharvī. (vālmīki rāmāyaṇa, araṇya Kāṇḍa, Canto 14).
Grassman
German
gandharvī́, f., ein weibliches dem gandharvá verwandtes Wesen, welches neben der ápiā yóṣaṇā genannt wird.
-ī́s [N. s.] {837, 2}.