Gandharvas
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1 expressionGandharva3 mentions
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit) · San Hyan Tattvajnana (Kawi)
Ṛjiśvā spoke to me the instruction of the Gandharva:
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Class of celestial male beings whose 'wives' (the Apsarases) are attacked in the anti-Apsaras hymn.
of the hundred wives of the Gandharvas — Indra has even cut off their heads.
May the Apsarases grant me nourishment, may the Gandharvas grant me nourishment;
the Gandharva recited it round about.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Divine musicians who perform at Bharadvāja's feast.
the divine gandharvas sang;
I invoke the divine gandharvas — Viśvāvasu, Hāhā, and Hūhū — and likewise the apsaras goddesses and all the gandharvī women.
By the power of Bharadvāja, bilva trees became mṛdaṅga drummers, śamī trees became players of the time-beaters, bibhītaka trees became players of stringed instruments, and aśvattha trees became dancers.
Rigveda
Class of mythological beings seen performing vows at the divine assembly.
I who came here with mind saw among them the Gandharvas who perform vows, with wind-tossed hair.
the Gandharvas received it and placed the juice of it in Soma — flow around for Indra, O Indu.
San Hyan Tattvajnana
A class of celestial being that may appear as an illusory apparition (sattvopasargga) to the yogi during practice.
If there appears something like a *gandharva*, or like a *vidyādhara*, coming toward the Lord of Yogis at the time of *yoga*;
Viṣṇu Smṛti
A class of celestial musician-spirits whose world is a reward destination in the afterlife
By making it variegated, he attains the world of the Gandharvas.