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Lemma: gandharva (m)
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a Gandharva (MW)
a sage (MW)
a singer (MW)
the Koel or black cuckoo (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war 53
jātaka, avadāna 36
Tīrthas 36
Mahāyāna 26
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 25
Genealogies 23
Marriage 22
Mahābhārata 17
Alchemy 16
Cosmography 15
Urvaśī and Purūravas 14
Shivaism, Śiva 13
Buddha's life 12
Skanda 12
King, rājanīti 10
Sacrifice, yajña 10
Bhakti 10
Gandharva 10
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 9
Cosmogony (gen.) 9
cow 9
Kubera 8
Buddhism 8
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 8
Magic, rites with a purpose 7
Apsaras 7
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 7
Giving, dāna 7
Soma 7
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 7
Lexicography 7
pūjā 6
Brideship and marriage 6
Marutta 6
Māndhātṛ 6
Geography 6
weapons, arms 6
vājapeya 5
Indra 5
Creation of the world 5
Kṛṣṇa 5
Indra's capital 5
Vasiṣṭha 5
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 5
botany, plants 5
India 5
Himālaya 5
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 5
narrative literature 4
sahasranāman 4
varṇas, castes 4
Kashmirian Shivaism 4
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 4
Zoology 4
Liberation, mokṣa, release 4
Brahmin 4
Rāmāyaṇa 4
Dharmaśāstra 4
dāna, giving 4
agnihotra 4
Asceticism, tapas 4
Kirātārjunīya 4
against enemies, armies, weapons 3
Medicine 3
fable 3
brahman 3
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 3
Vedic metres in sacrifice 3
Nara-Nārāyaṇa 3
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 3
Viśvāmitra 3
dharma 3
human meat, cannibalism 3
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 3
for success, authority 3
Vedic metres 3
death rites, funeral rites 3
Time 3
Women 3
Birth, childhood, and youth 3
Maruts 2
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 2
rājasūya 2
dīkṣā 2
svarga, heaven 2
fighting 2
sāman 2
gold 2
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 2
Nahuṣa 2
Sāṃkhya 2
dvīpa 2
Soma sacrifice 2
Materia medica 2
for intelligence, wisdom 2
Yoga 2
Cosmogony 2
amulets 2
Travel 2
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 2
Sexuality 2
Nala and Damayantī 2
Nandin 2
Religion and Philosophy 2
Pṛthu and the Earth 2
Śvetadvīpa 2
Karṇa (from MBh) 2
good behaviour 2
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 2
Aśvins 1
Astronomy 1
birth, pregnancy 1
bahiṣpavamāna 1
agnicayana 1
ukhya 1
svādhyāya 1
godāna 1
upanayana, initiation 1
vaśā 1
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice 1
against dangers, difficult situations 1
kills Mahiṣa 1
for luck, happiness 1
ghost, monster, demon 1
for children, offspring, progeny 1
sacrificial horse 1
for a good birth 1
for protection and luck 1
for luck in gambling 1
for potency 1
for material success, riches, wealth 1
against sorcery 1
healing rituals, against diseases 1
Yama 1
ātman 1
Kaṃsa 1
Stories 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
snāna, bathing 1
Cosmology 1
Aphrodisiacs 1
rebirth, transmigration 1
Harivaṃśa 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
pralaya, destruction of the world 1
avatāras 1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 1
Moral literature 1
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 1
brahmacarya 1
saṃskāras 1
Behaviour, strīdharma 1
Politics 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
karman doctrine 1
mantra 1
Kāmaśāstra 1
Underworld, hell, naraka 1
study, śiṣya 1
Śeṣa 1
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 1
Tilottamā 1
Sunda and Upasunda 1
Bali and Indra 1
linguistic speculation 1
Sagara, Sāgara 1
third eye 1
long live, āyus 1
bali 1
Gaṅgā, Ganges 1
prāṇa etc. 1
Behaviour, politeness 1
Tāraka 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
vrata 1
subhāṣita 1
Sūrya's chariot 1
Architecture 1
śrāddha 1
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 1
worship 1
āhavanīya 1
Concept Notes Count Gandharva a divine being 170 castor-oil plant large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics 4 horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times 2 Indian cuckoo Indian cuckoo 1 Gandharva name of the attendant of one Arhat 1
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