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gāndharvaगान्धर्वgāndharvá mf(gA/nDarvI-)n. belonging or relating to the Gandharvas (especially vivāha, or vidhi, the form of marriage called after the Gandharvas which requires only mutual agreement, [ĀśvGṛ. i, 6, 5]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh. i], &c. ; cf. gandharva-vivāha), [RV. x, 80, 6]; [ŚBr. xiv] &c.
relating to the Gandharvas as heavenly choristers (cf. -kalā, -veda, &c.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
gāndharvá m. (= gandh°, g. prajñādi, [Gaṇar. 175]) a singer, [R. vii, 94, 6]; [VarBṛS. xv], [xxxii]
N. of a musical note, [Hariv. 16291]; [VāyuP. i, 21, 30]
of one of the 9 divisions of Bhārata-varṣa, [VP. ii, 3, 7]
gāndharvá n. the art of the Gandharvas, song, music, concert, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
N. of a Tantra
gāndharvakaगान्धर्वक= °vika, [VarBṛS. vc], Sch. (v.l.)
gāndharvaśālāगान्धर्वशालाgāndharva—śālā f. music-hall, concert-room, [Kathās. xii, 31.]
gāndharvakalāगान्धर्वकलाgāndharva—kalā f. pl. the art of the Gandharvas, song, music, [Gīt. xii, 28.]
gāndharvavedaगान्धर्ववेदgāndharva—veda m. the Veda of music (considered as an appendix of the [SV.] and ascribed to Bharata), [MBh. iii, 8421]; [Hariv.]; [BhP. iii.]
gāndharvacittaगान्धर्वचित्तgāndharva—citta mfn. one whose mind is possessed by the Gandharvas, [Suśr.]
gāndharvavidyāगान्धर्वविद्याgāndharva—vidyā f. = -kalā, [ĀpŚr.], Sch.
gāndharvaśāstraगान्धर्वशास्त्रgāndharva—śāstra n. = -kalā, [MBh. xiii, 5103.]