Gandharvaveda, Gamdharvaveda, Gandharva-Veda, Gāndharvaveda: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Gāndharvaveda (गान्धर्ववेद).—Music.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 12. 38.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Gandharvaveda (गन्धर्ववेद) refers to the “science of music” and represents one of the divisions of the Upaveda (applied knowledge) class of knowledge, lying between that of the Paurūṣeya and Apaurūṣeya classification of Śāstra knowledge; all part of the ancient Indian education system, which aimed at both the inner and the outer dimension of a person.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Gandharvaveda (गन्धर्ववेद).—one of the four subordinate Vedas or Upavedas, which treats of music; see उपवेद (upaveda).
Derivable forms: gandharvavedaḥ (गन्धर्ववेदः).
Gandharvaveda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandharva and veda (वेद).
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Gāndharvaveda (गान्धर्ववेद).—the Veda of music (considered as an appendix to Sāmaveda and ascribed to Bharata).
Derivable forms: gāndharvavedaḥ (गान्धर्ववेदः).
Gāndharvaveda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gāndharva and veda (वेद).
Gandharvaveda (गन्धर्ववेद).—m. the science of music.
Gandharvaveda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandharva and veda (वेद).
1) Gandharvaveda (गन्धर्ववेद):—[=gandharva-veda] [from gandharva] m. = -vidyā (considered as a branch of the [Sāma-veda]), [Caraṇa-vyūha]
2) Gāndharvaveda (गान्धर्ववेद):—[=gāndharva-veda] [from gāndharva] m. the Veda of music (considered as an appendix of the [Sāma-veda] and ascribed to Bharata), [Mahābhārata iii, 8421; Harivaṃśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii.]
Gandharvaveda (गन्धर्ववेद):—[gandharva-veda] (daḥ) 1. m. Science of music, dancing, &c.
Gandharvaveda (गन्धर्ववेद):—(ga + veda) m. der Veda der Gandharva, die Lehre vom Gesange: ṛgvedasyāyurvedopavedo yajurvedasya dhanurvedopavedaḥ . sāmavedasya gandharvavedopavedo tharvavedasya śastraśāstrāṇīti . [ŚAUNAKA im CARAṆAVY.] [Śabdakalpadruma]
Gandharvaveda (गन्धर्ववेद):—m. der Veda der Gandharva 1)a) , die Lehre vom Gesange.
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Gāndharvaveda (गान्धर्ववेद):—m. = gāndharva 4)a).
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Gaṃdharvavēda (ಗಂಧರ್ವವೇದ):—[noun] = ಗಂಧರ್ವವಿದ್ಯೆ [gamdharvavidye].
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Gāṃdharvavēda (ಗಾಂಧರ್ವವೇದ):—[noun] the art and science of music and dance, considered as one of the four auxiliary Vedas.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Gandharva-veda (गन्धर्व-वेद):—n. one of the four Upavedas; the science of Music;
2) Gāndharvaveda (गान्धर्ववेद):—n. Vedic musicology;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vedavedanga, Veda, Gandharva.
Full-text: Upaveda, Gandharv-veda, Sandipani, Gandharvavidya, Bharataputraka, Shilada, Gandharva, Shi ba da jing, Abhisheka.
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