"गन्धर्व" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Sanskrit]

IPA: /ɡɐn.dʱɐɾ.ʋɐ́/ [Vedic], /ɡɐn̪.d̪ʱɐɾ.ʋɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gandʰarwás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰarwás ~ *g(ʰ)andʰarbʰás, ultimately likely from a BMAC substrate. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (gaṇdər^əβa), 𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (gaṇdar^əβa). Compare also Ancient Greek Κένταυρος (Kéntauros), to which it is often likened. Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*gandʰarwás}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *gandʰarwás, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*gandʰarwás|*g(ʰ)andʰarwás ~ *g(ʰ)andʰarbʰás}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰarwás ~ *g(ʰ)andʰarbʰás, {{der|sa|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{cog|ae-yng|𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀}} Younger Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (gaṇdər^əβa), {{cog|grc|Κένταυρος}} Ancient Greek Κένταυρος (Kéntauros) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=gandharvá}} गन्धर्व • (gandharvá) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|gandharvá}} Forms: gandharvá [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], गन्धर्वः [nominative, singular], गन्धर्वौ [dual, nominative], गन्धर्वा1 [dual, nominative], गन्धर्वाः [nominative, plural], गन्धर्वासः1 [nominative, plural], गन्धर्वम् [accusative, singular], गन्धर्वौ [accusative, dual], गन्धर्वा1 [accusative, dual], गन्धर्वान् [accusative, plural], गन्धर्वेण [instrumental, singular], गन्धर्वाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], गन्धर्वैः [instrumental, plural], गन्धर्वेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], गन्धर्वाय [dative, singular], गन्धर्वाभ्याम् [dative, dual], गन्धर्वेभ्यः [dative, plural], गन्धर्वात् [ablative, singular], गन्धर्वाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], गन्धर्वेभ्यः [ablative, plural], गन्धर्वस्य [genitive, singular], गन्धर्वयोः [dual, genitive], गन्धर्वाणाम् [genitive, plural], गन्धर्वे [locative, singular], गन्धर्वयोः [dual, locative], गन्धर्वेषु [locative, plural], गन्धर्व [singular, vocative], गन्धर्वौ [dual, vocative], गन्धर्वा1 [dual, vocative], गन्धर्वाः [plural, vocative], गन्धर्वासः1 [plural, vocative]
  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) a gandharva (one of a class of male heavenly beings, famed singers and guardians of soma) Tags: Hinduism
    Sense id: en-गन्धर्व-sa-noun-NzCq8SwI Categories (other): Buddhism, Hinduism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 10 3 3 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 8 3 3 26 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 56 13 2 2 26 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 44 14 4 4 35 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 55 11 3 3 29 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  2. (figurative) a skilled singer, bard Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-गन्धर्व-sa-noun-~1ALwIh4
  3. a sage, religious man
    Sense id: en-गन्धर्व-sa-noun-SJfsBgLp
  4. horse Synonyms: अश्व
    Sense id: en-गन्धर्व-sa-noun-~WKGK23C Categories (other): Horses Disambiguation of Horses: 3 11 3 58 25
  5. a male given name
    Sense id: en-गन्धर्व-sa-noun-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Sanskrit given names, Sanskrit male given names, Hindu mythology Disambiguation of Hindu mythology: 18 23 17 6 36
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "pi",
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          },
          "expansion": "Pali: gandhabba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: gandhabba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀕𑀁𑀥𑀯𑁆𑀯"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀥𑀯𑁆𑀯 (gaṃdhavva)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀥𑀯𑁆𑀯 (gaṃdhavva)"
    },
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Javanese: gandharwa\nJavanese: ꦒꦤ꧀ꦢꦂꦮ (gandarwa)\n→ Indonesian: gêndêruwo\n→ Balinese: ᬕᬦ᭄ᬥᬃᬯ᭄ᬯ (gandarwa)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "text": "→ Old Javanese: gandharwa\nJavanese: ꦒꦤ꧀ꦢꦂꦮ (gandarwa)\n→ Indonesian: gêndêruwo\n→ Balinese: ᬕᬦ᭄ᬥᬃᬯ᭄ᬯ (gandarwa)"
    }
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      "form": "गन्धर्वौ",
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      "form": "गन्धर्वा1",
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    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वम्",
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      "form": "गन्धर्वा1",
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    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वान्",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वेण",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "गन्धर्वाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
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      "form": "गन्धर्वैः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "plural"
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      "form": "गन्धर्वाय",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "गन्धर्वाभ्याम्",
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      "form": "गन्धर्वेभ्यः",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "गन्धर्वात्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́bhyām",
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        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वेभ्यः",
      "roman": "gandharvébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वस्य",
      "roman": "gandharvásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वयोः",
      "roman": "gandharváyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाणाम्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́ṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वे",
      "roman": "gandharvé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वयोः",
      "roman": "gandharváyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वेषु",
      "roman": "gandharvéṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्व",
      "roman": "gándharva",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "गन्धर्वौ",
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        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वा1",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "गन्धर्वाः",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "गन्धर्वासः1",
      "roman": "gándharvāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "tr": "gandharvá"
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      "expansion": "गन्धर्व • (gandharvá) stem, m",
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    }
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  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Buddhism",
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          "_dis": "51 10 3 3 32",
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        {
          "_dis": "60 8 3 3 26",
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        {
          "english": "The Sisters Seven, the Mothers, stand around the Babe, the noble, new-born Infant, skilled in holy song,\nGandharva of the floods, divine, beholding men, Soma, that he may reign as King of all the world.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.86.36",
          "roman": "apāṃ gandharvaṃ divyaṃ nṛcakṣasaṃ somaṃ viśvasya bhuvanasya rājase.",
          "text": "सप्त स्वसारो अभि मातरः शिशुं नवं जज्ञानं जेन्यं विपश्चितम् ।\nअपां गन्धर्वं दिव्यं नृचक्षसं सोमं विश्वस्य भुवनस्य राजसे ॥\nsapta svasāro abhi mātaraḥ śiśuṃ navaṃ jajñānaṃ jenyaṃ vipaścitam."
        }
      ],
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        "a gandharva (one of a class of male heavenly beings, famed singers and guardians of soma)"
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      "links": [
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          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
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        [
          "gandharva",
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          "soma",
          "soma#English"
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        "(Hinduism, Buddhism) a gandharva (one of a class of male heavenly beings, famed singers and guardians of soma)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism"
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      "topics": [
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      ]
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 1.11.20",
          "roman": "gāyanti cottamaśloka caritāni adbhutāni ca.",
          "text": "नटनर्तकगन्धर्वाः सूत मागध वन्दिनः ।\nगायन्ति चोत्तमश्लोक चरितानि अद्भुतानि च ॥\nnaṭanartakagandharvāḥ sūta māgadha vandinaḥ."
        }
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) a skilled singer, bard"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 3"
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        {
          "word": "अश्व"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɐn.dʱɐɾ.ʋɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɐn̪.d̪ʱɐɾ.ʋɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
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  ],
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    "BMAC"
  ],
  "word": "गन्धर्व"
}
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    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "sa:Hindu mythology",
    "sa:Horses"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "gandhabba"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: gandhabba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: gandhabba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀕𑀁𑀥𑀯𑁆𑀯"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀥𑀯𑁆𑀯 (gaṃdhavva)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀥𑀯𑁆𑀯 (gaṃdhavva)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaw",
            "2": "gandharwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Javanese: gandharwa\nJavanese: ꦒꦤ꧀ꦢꦂꦮ (gandarwa)\n→ Indonesian: gêndêruwo\n→ Balinese: ᬕᬦ᭄ᬥᬃᬯ᭄ᬯ (gandarwa)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Javanese: gandharwa\nJavanese: ꦒꦤ꧀ꦢꦂꦮ (gandarwa)\n→ Indonesian: gêndêruwo\n→ Balinese: ᬕᬦ᭄ᬥᬃᬯ᭄ᬯ (gandarwa)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*gandʰarwás"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *gandʰarwás",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*gandʰarwás",
        "4": "*g(ʰ)andʰarwás ~ *g(ʰ)andʰarbʰás"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰarwás ~ *g(ʰ)andʰarbʰás",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae-yng",
        "2": "𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Younger Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (gaṇdər^əβa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Κένταυρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Κένταυρος (Kéntauros)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gandʰarwás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰarwás ~ *g(ʰ)andʰarbʰás, ultimately likely from a BMAC substrate. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (gaṇdər^əβa), 𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (gaṇdar^əβa). Compare also Ancient Greek Κένταυρος (Kéntauros), to which it is often likened.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gandharvá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वः",
      "roman": "gandharváḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वौ",
      "roman": "gandharvaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वा1",
      "roman": "gandharvā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाः",
      "roman": "gandharvā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वासः1",
      "roman": "gandharvā́saḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वम्",
      "roman": "gandharvám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वौ",
      "roman": "gandharvaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वा1",
      "roman": "gandharvā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वान्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वेण",
      "roman": "gandharvéṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वैः",
      "roman": "gandharvaíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वेभिः1",
      "roman": "gandharvébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाय",
      "roman": "gandharvā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वेभ्यः",
      "roman": "gandharvébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वात्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वेभ्यः",
      "roman": "gandharvébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वस्य",
      "roman": "gandharvásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वयोः",
      "roman": "gandharváyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाणाम्",
      "roman": "gandharvā́ṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वे",
      "roman": "gandharvé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वयोः",
      "roman": "gandharváyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वेषु",
      "roman": "gandharvéṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्व",
      "roman": "gándharva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वौ",
      "roman": "gándharvau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वा1",
      "roman": "gándharvā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वाः",
      "roman": "gándharvāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "गन्धर्वासः1",
      "roman": "gándharvāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "gandharvá"
      },
      "expansion": "गन्धर्व • (gandharvá) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gandharvá"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations",
        "sa:Buddhism",
        "sa:Hinduism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The Sisters Seven, the Mothers, stand around the Babe, the noble, new-born Infant, skilled in holy song,\nGandharva of the floods, divine, beholding men, Soma, that he may reign as King of all the world.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.86.36",
          "roman": "apāṃ gandharvaṃ divyaṃ nṛcakṣasaṃ somaṃ viśvasya bhuvanasya rājase.",
          "text": "सप्त स्वसारो अभि मातरः शिशुं नवं जज्ञानं जेन्यं विपश्चितम् ।\nअपां गन्धर्वं दिव्यं नृचक्षसं सोमं विश्वस्य भुवनस्य राजसे ॥\nsapta svasāro abhi mātaraḥ śiśuṃ navaṃ jajñānaṃ jenyaṃ vipaścitam."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a gandharva (one of a class of male heavenly beings, famed singers and guardians of soma)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "gandharva",
          "gandharva"
        ],
        [
          "soma",
          "soma#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism, Buddhism) a gandharva (one of a class of male heavenly beings, famed singers and guardians of soma)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Sanskrit quotations",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 1.11.20",
          "roman": "gāyanti cottamaśloka caritāni adbhutāni ca.",
          "text": "नटनर्तकगन्धर्वाः सूत मागध वन्दिनः ।\nगायन्ति चोत्तमश्लोक चरितानि अद्भुतानि च ॥\nnaṭanartakagandharvāḥ sūta māgadha vandinaḥ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a skilled singer, bard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skilled",
          "skilled"
        ],
        [
          "singer",
          "singer"
        ],
        [
          "bard",
          "bard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) a skilled singer, bard"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sage, religious man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sage",
          "sage"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 3"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "horse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "अश्व"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit given names",
        "Sanskrit male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɐn.dʱɐɾ.ʋɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɐn̪.d̪ʱɐɾ.ʋɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "BMAC"
  ],
  "word": "गन्धर्व"
}

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