Gandharvika, Gāndharvika: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gāndharvika (गान्धर्विक).—A singer; Kathāsaritsāgara 63.

Derivable forms: gāndharvikaḥ (गान्धर्विकः).

See also (synonyms): gāndharvaka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Gandharvika (गन्धर्विक).—(= Sanskrit gā°; ă MIndic ?), musician: Mahāvastu iii.111.20 (here Senart em. gā°); 113.2; 442.8 (all prose).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gāndharvika (गान्धर्विक):—[from gāndharva] m. a singer, vc, 21 [Kathāsaritsāgara lxiii.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Gāndharvika (गान्धर्विक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gaṃdhavvia.

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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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