Devagandharva, Deva-gandharva: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDevagandharva (देवगन्धर्व).—an epithet of Nārada.
-rvam a particular mode of singing.
Derivable forms: devagandharvaḥ (देवगन्धर्वः).
Devagandharva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and gandharva (गन्धर्व).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevagandharva (देवगन्धर्व).—m. a celestial Gandharva, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 75, 28 Gorr.
Devagandharva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and gandharva (गन्धर्व).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Devagandharva (देवगन्धर्व):—[=deva-gandharva] [from deva] m. [plural] gods and Gandharvas, [Āpastamba]
2) [v.s. ...] the divine G°s (opp. to manuṣya-), Taitt, [Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] (Nārada so called, [Harivaṃśa 9633])
3) [v.s. ...] n. a mode of singing, 8449, (cf. -gāndhāra).
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
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Partial matches: Gandharva, Deva.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
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Shiva Gita (study and summary) (by K. V. Anantharaman)
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