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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 37
Tīrthas 36
Mahāyāna 35
marriage, wedding 34
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 25
Genealogies 23
Mahābhārata 17
Alchemy 16
Cosmography 15
Brideship and marriage 14
Urvaśī and Purūravas 14
Shivaism, Śiva 13
Skanda 12
Buddha's life 12
King, rājanīti 10
Gandharva 10
Bhakti 10
Sacrifice, yajña 10
cow 10
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 9
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 9
Cosmogony (gen.) 9
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 8
Kubera 8
Buddhism 8
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 7
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 7
Apsaras 7
Giving, dāna 7
Soma 7
Lexicography 7
pūjā 6
Geography 6
Marutta 6
Māndhātṛ 6
weapons, arms 6
against bad omina and presigns 6
Indra 5
Creation of the world 5
India 5
Vasiṣṭha 5
agnihotra 5
vājapeya 5
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 5
Indra's capital 5
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 5
botany, plants 5
Kṛṣṇa 5
Himālaya 5
sāman 4
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 4
Kashmirian Shivaism 4
pākayajña 4
narrative literature 4
Dharmaśāstra 4
Asceticism, tapas 4
Brahmin 4
Rāmāyaṇa 4
Kirātārjunīya 4
sahasranāman 4
Liberation, mokṣa, release 4
upāyakauśalya 4
dāna, giving 4
varṇas, castes 4
Zoology 4
fable 3
against enemies, armies, weapons 3
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 3
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 3
omina, presigns, nimittas 3
upanayana, initiation 3
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 3
human meat, cannibalism 3
Vedic metres, prosody 3
Birth, childhood, and youth 3
for success, authority 3
Vedic metres in sacrifice 3
Nara-Nārāyaṇa 3
brahman 3
sadas 3
Viśvāmitra 3
Time 3
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika 3
Women 3
dharma 3
Medicine 3
Nala and Damayantī 2
Karṇa (from MBh) 2
amulets 2
Nahuṣa 2
for intelligence, wisdom 2
Materia medica 2
Yoga 2
Pṛthu and the Earth 2
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 2
Nandin 2
Śvetadvīpa 2
sexuality 2
rājasūya 2
dvīpa 2
svarga, heaven 2
Maruts 2
gold 2
Travel 2
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 2
fighting 2
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 2
Soma sacrifice 2
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 2
dīkṣā 2
Religion and Philosophy 2
Sāṃkhya 2
good behaviour 2
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 2
Cosmogony 2
worship of relics, stūpas 1
for protection, safety, and luck 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
frogs 1
for luck, happiness 1
for a good birth 1
mantra 1
for children, offspring, progeny 1
sacrificial horse 1
Politics 1
karman doctrine 1
Architecture 1
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud 1
agnicayana 1
(handing over the) daṇḍa 1
yajus verses 1
correct behaviour 1
āplavana 1
paridhi enclosings 1
twelve-day Soma rite 1
against natural disasters 1
frogs as omen 1
blood rain 1
āhavanīya 1
altar, vedi 1
ukhya 1
kills Mahiṣa 1
samāvartana 1
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal 1
svādhyāya 1
godāna 1
puṃsavana 1
sacrificial fire 1
Kāmaśāstra 1
for potency 1
vaśā 1
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice 1
brahman priest 1
against dangers, difficult situations 1
for luck in gambling 1
Aditi 1
for love, love charms 1
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 1
linguistic speculation 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
Sagara, Sāgara 1
third eye 1
long live, āyus 1
bali 1
Gaṅgā, Ganges 1
Underworld, hell, naraka 1
Moral literature 1
Agriculture 1
prāṇa etc. 1
Bali and Indra 1
Tāraka 1
Behaviour, politeness 1
ātman 1
friendship 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
worship 1
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 1
vrata 1
subhāṣita 1
Sūrya's chariot 1
snāna, bathing 1
Cosmology 1
for material success, riches, wealth 1
Aśvins 1
against sorcery 1
healing rituals, against diseases 1
Behaviour, strīdharma 1
saṃskāras 1
brahmacarya 1
ghost, monster, demon 1
śrāddha 1
birth, pregnancy 1
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 1
Yama 1
Aphrodisiacs 1
Stories 1
Kaṃsa 1
Śeṣa 1
avatāras 1
pralaya, destruction of the world 1
Tilottamā 1
Sunda and Upasunda 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
Harivaṃśa 1
rebirth, transmigration 1
Astronomy 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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