gandharvad- m. Bezeichnung mythischer Wesen, in besonderer Beziehung zu Soma stehend (RV + [nachved. °ba-]; s. Hillebrandt I 373ff., Neisser 2,81f.), f. gandharvi- (RV, u.a.); gandharvä-, f. gändharvi- gandharvisch (RV, $B +), ep. + gandharva- n. Kunst der Gandharven, Musik, Gesang. - Mi., ni., pä. gandhabba-, pkt. gandhavva- m. 'Gandharva’, gandhavvan. ‘Gesang’ (= ep. gän’), u.a. (Tu 4017, 4132). - Iir., vgl. jav. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. gandharvad-, p. 517]
The corpus record — Sanskrit
gandharvād
m
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Where it lives
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
In the wild
- gandharvād Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,7.2
Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. gandharvad (vol. 1, scan p. 517; entry #5571). Root candidates: *gan-, *bi-.
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