Gandharvi, 骋腻苍诲丑补谤惫墨, 骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨, Gamdharvi: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-艣膩stra骋腻苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ啷�):鈥擮ne of the sixty-four Divyau峁dhi, which are powerful drugs for solidifying mercury (rasa), according to Rasaprak膩艣a-sudh膩kara (chapter 9).
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂).鈥擳he first mother of horses. Ka艣yapapraj膩pati had by his wife Krodhava艣膩 ten daughters: M峁沢墨, M峁沢amand膩, Har墨, Bhadramat膩, M膩ta峁単墨, 艢膩rd奴l墨, 艢vet膩, Surabhi, Suras膩 and Kadr奴. Of the ten girls Surabhi in due course of time became mother of two daughters. Rohi峁嚹� and 骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨. From Rohi峁嚹� was born the cattlebreed and horses were born from 骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨. (V膩lm墨ki R膩m膩ya峁嘺, Ara峁噛a K膩峁囜笉a, Canto 14).
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation骋腻苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ啷�) refers to the 鈥渋llusion of Gandharvas鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.22 (鈥淒escription of Jalandhara鈥檚 Battle鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after Jalandhara attacked 艢iva: 鈥淸...] Then, considering 艢iva more powerful, Jalandhara the Daitya, created the illusion of Gandharvas (驳腻苍诲丑补谤惫墨) [驳腻峁僤丑补谤惫墨尘补诲产丑耻迟腻峁�] that mysteriously fascinated even 艢iva. By the power of his M膩y膩, hosts of Gandharvas and celestial damsels came into view for fascinating 艢iva. The Gandharvas and celestial damsels sang and danced. Others played on flutes, m峁沝a峁単as and cymbals. On seeing that wonderful feat, 艢iva was fascinated by the Ga峁嘺s. He was not conscious of even the garments let down from the hands. [...]鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Gandharvi (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂た).鈥擳he name om rising from G膩ndh膩ra.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 20. 3.
2a) 骋腻苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ啷�).鈥擜 daughter of Surabhi and Ka艣yapa, and a sister of Rudras; mother of horses like Uccai艣艣ravas.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 3. 73-7.
2b) A daughter of Gandharvas.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 69. 10.
2c) A R. from the lake Vi峁ａ箛upadam.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 18. 68; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 47. 65.
骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂) is a name mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. I.60.65) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Ma峁囜笉ala骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂) or Gandh膩r墨 is the name of a 岣屇乲in墨 who, together with the V墨ra (hero) named Gandhahara forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the 膧办腻艣补肠补办谤补, according to the 10th century 岣屇乲腻谤峁嘺惫补 chapter 15. Accordingly, the 腻办腻艣补肠补办谤补 refers to one of the three divisions of the 诲丑补谤尘补-辫耻峁璦 (鈥榙harma layer鈥�), situated in the 贬别谤耻办补尘补峁囜笉补濒补. The 36 pairs of 岣屇乲in墨s [viz., 骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨] and V墨ras are dark blue in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife. Alternatively, the 岣屇乲in墨s have their own marks and motions according to the taste instead of a small drum and a skull staff.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra骋腻苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ啷�) is the name of an Apsaras, instructed by 艢akra to help in the preparations of 峁氠梗abha鈥檚 wedding-preparations, according to chapter 1.2 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly,
鈥淸...] Then having ascertained the Lord鈥檚 purpose, Purandara at once summoned gods for the tasks of the wedding-preparations.鈥斺�榌...] What are you thinking, M膩r墨c墨? What are you looking at, Sumukh墨? Why are you not on this side, 骋腻苍诲丑补谤惫墨? [...]鈥�. From the bustling of the Apsarases instructing each other in this way, and frequently calling names, a mighty tumult arose鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂):鈥擺from gandharva] f. 骋补苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (daughter of Surabhi and mother of the race of horses, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 i, 2631 f.; R膩m膩ya峁嘺 iii, 20, 28 f.; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺]), [峁歡-veda x, 11, 2; R膩m膩ya峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] night, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 iv, 29, 21]
3) 骋腻苍诲丑补谤惫墨 (啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ啷�):鈥擺from 驳腻苍诲丑补谤惫补] f. speech (according to the legend that the gods gave speech to the Gandharvas and received from them the Soma in return, [Aitareya-br膩hma峁嘺 i, 27 etc.]), [Naigha峁囜弓uka, commented on by Y膩ska i, 11]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of Durg膩, [Hariva峁兣沘 10243] ([varia lectio] 驳补苍诲丑补谤惫腻)
5) [v.s. ...] Name of an Apsaras, [Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusG膩峁僤harvi (嗖椸簿嗖傕钵嗖班硩嗖掂部):鈥擺noun] = 嗖椸簿嗖傕钵嗖班硩嗖掂部嗖� [gamdharviga].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Gamdharviga, Gandharvi shanti, Gandharvika, Gandharvin.
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