As a deity name
Name 778 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
गान्धर्व · gāndharv · s.m.
= gandharb, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 893
गान्धर्व · gāndharv · adj.
(f. -ī), Belonging or relating to the Gandharvas — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 893
गाना · masculine
song
गाना
to sing
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit गान — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit गान (gāna). Cognate with Assamese গান (gan), Bengali গান (gan), Gujarati ગાણું (gāṇũ), Marathi गाणे (gāṇe), Punjabi ਗਾਣਾ (gāṇā). Doublet of गान (gān), a tatsama.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gāna n. singing, song, KātyŚr.; Lāṭy. i, vii; Hariv. 11793; Śiś. ix, 54
a sound, L. (cf. araṇya-, ūha-, ūhya-.)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit गायति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit गायति (gāyati), from the root गै (gai, “to sing”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
gāndharvī belonging or relating to the Gandharvas (especially vivāha or vidhi, the form of marriage called after the Gandharvas which requires only mutual agreement, &c.; cf. gandh…
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
gāndharva mf(gāndharvī)n. belonging or relating to the Gandharvas (especially vivāha or vidhi, the form of marriage called after the Gandharvas which requires only mutual agreement, ĀśvGṛ. i, 6, 5; Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. i, &c. ; cf. gandharva-vivāha), RV. x, 80, 6; ŚBr. xiv &c.
relating to the Gandharvas as heavenly choristers (cf. -kalā, -veda, &c.), MBh.; Hariv. &c.
gāndharva m. (= gandh˚, g. prajñādi, Gaṇar. 175) a singer, R. vii, 94, 6; VarBṛS. xv, xxxii
N. of a musical note, Hariv. 16291; VāyuP. i, 21, 30
of one of the 9 divisions of Bhārata-varṣa, VP. ii, 3, 7
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