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{{Dictkey|དྲི་ཟ།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''dri za'') ''n.'' {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' driza}} | {{Dictkey|དྲི་ཟ།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''dri za'') ''n.'' {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' driza}} | ||
* ''Skt.'' gandharva. {{Context|[[:Category:Classes of beings|Classes of beings]]}} | * ''Skt.'' gandharva. {{Context|[[:Category:Classes of beings|Classes of beings]]}} | ||
* ''Skt.'' गन्धर्वः, gandharva, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' gandharva}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} a Gandharva [though in later times the Gandharvas are regarded as a class, yet in | rarely more than one is mentioned | he is designated as the heavenly Gandharva | and is also called Viśvā-vasu | in | his habitation is the sky, or the region of the air and the heavenly waters | his especial duty is to guard the heavenly Soma | which the gods obtain through his intervention | it is obtained for the human race by Indra, who conquers the Gandharva and takes it by force | the heavenly Gandharva is supposed to be a good physician, because the Soma is considered as the best medicine | possibly, however, the word Soma originally denoted not the beverage so called, but the moon, and the heavenly Gandharva may have been the genius or tutelary deity of the moon | in one passage | the heavenly Gandharva and the Soma are identified | he is also regarded as one of the genii who regulate the course of the Sun's horses (i, 163, 2 ; x, 177, 2 | N. of the attendant of the 17th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī | a singer | the Koi0l or black cuckoo | a sage, pious man | on | a horse | the musk deer | derived fr. | the soul after death and previous to its being born again (corresponding in some respects to the western notion of a ghost) | N. of the 14th Kalpa or period of the world | of the 21st Muhūrta | of a Svara or tone | for | the Gandharvas | above | N. of a people (named together with the Gāndhāras) {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}} | |||
==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||
* [[Gandharva]] | * [[Gandharva]] | ||
[[Category:Tibetan-English Dictionary]][[Category:Classes of beings]] | [[Category:Tibetan-English Dictionary]][[Category:Classes of beings]][[Category:Mahavyutpatti]][[Category:Sanskrit]][[Category:Monier-Williams]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:25, 13 March 2011
དྲི་ཟ། (Wyl. dri za) n. Pron.: driza
- Skt. gandharva. [Classes of beings]
- Skt. गन्धर्वः, gandharva, Pron.: gandharva. From Sanskrit: a Gandharva [though in later times the Gandharvas are regarded as a class, yet in | rarely more than one is mentioned | he is designated as the heavenly Gandharva | and is also called Viśvā-vasu | in | his habitation is the sky, or the region of the air and the heavenly waters | his especial duty is to guard the heavenly Soma | which the gods obtain through his intervention | it is obtained for the human race by Indra, who conquers the Gandharva and takes it by force | the heavenly Gandharva is supposed to be a good physician, because the Soma is considered as the best medicine | possibly, however, the word Soma originally denoted not the beverage so called, but the moon, and the heavenly Gandharva may have been the genius or tutelary deity of the moon | in one passage | the heavenly Gandharva and the Soma are identified | he is also regarded as one of the genii who regulate the course of the Sun's horses (i, 163, 2 ; x, 177, 2 | N. of the attendant of the 17th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī | a singer | the Koi0l or black cuckoo | a sage, pious man | on | a horse | the musk deer | derived fr. | the soul after death and previous to its being born again (corresponding in some respects to the western notion of a ghost) | N. of the 14th Kalpa or period of the world | of the 21st Muhūrta | of a Svara or tone | for | the Gandharvas | above | N. of a people (named together with the Gāndhāras) [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW