Gandharvaraja, Gandharva-raja, Gandharvarāja: 6 definitions
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Gandharvarāja (गन्धर्वराज).—Chitraratha, the chief of the Gandharvas.
Derivable forms: gandharvarājaḥ (गन्धर्वराजः).
Gandharvarāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandharva and rāja (राज).
Gandharvarāja (गन्धर्वराज).—name of a Buddha: Gaṇḍavyūha 257.10.
Gandharvarāja (गन्धर्वराज).—[masculine] the king of the Gandharvas.
Gandharvarāja (गन्धर्वराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[+gandharvarāja] Rāgaratnākara, music. K. 96.
1) Gandharvarāja (गन्धर्वराज):—[=gandharva-rāja] [from gandharva] m. a chief of the Gandharvas, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Citra-ratha, [Horace H. Wilson]
Gandharvarāja (गन्धर्वराज):—m. ein Fürst der Gandharva 1)a) [16,30.49,2.]
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, Raja.
Full-text: Pramuditapralambasunayana, Ragaratnakara, Pushpadruma, Pushpadrumakusumitamukuta, Sangita, Amshavatara, Narada.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 297 < [Volume 19 (1915)]
Bhishma Charitra (by Kartik Pandya)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 381 < [Volume 9 (1888)]
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
IX.4. Birth of the sons of Sita and her fire ordeal < [Chapter 3 - Comparative study of the Rama-story]
1. Ravana Carita (Caritra) < [Chapter 4 - Intervening Stories]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 10 - Temples and Pilgrimages for Worshipping the Sun-god in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 4 - Vedic Influence on the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]