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'''Gandharva''' (Skt.; Tib. [[དྲི་ཟ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''dri za'', ''driza'') — 'scent-eaters'
'''Gandharva''' (Skt.; Tib. [[དྲི་ཟ་]], ''driza'', [[Wyl.]] ''dri za'' ) — 'scent-eaters'


#the 'musicians of the heavens' who reside in the [[Six heavens of the desire realm|two heavens at the very top of Mount Meru]], or
#the 'musicians of the heavens' who reside in the [[Six heavens of the desire realm|two heavens at the very top of Mount Meru]], or

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Gandharva (Skt.; Tib. དྲི་ཟ་, driza, Wyl. dri za ) — 'scent-eaters'

  1. the 'musicians of the heavens' who reside in the two heavens at the very top of Mount Meru, or
  2. beings in the bardo who feed on odours.