masculine · gandhabba 1 · gandhabba 2
musician
Gandhabba [Vedic gandharva] 1. a musician, a singer Ja II 249 f.; III 188; Vv-a 36, 137. 2. a gandharva or heavenly musician, as a class (see °kāyika) belonging to the demigods who inhabit the Cātummahārājika realm D II 212; A II 39 (as birds); IV 200 (with asurā and nāgā), 204, 207; cf. S III 250 f.; also said to preside over child-conception: M I 265 f.; Miln 123 f. -kāyika belonging to the company of the g. S III 250 f.; Pv-a 119; -mānusā (plural) g. and men Dhp 420 = Snp 644; -hatthaka "a g.-hand," i.e. a wooden instrument in the shape of a bird's claw with which the body was rubbed in bathing Vin II 106, see Vinaya Texts III 67. BD]: (as birds ... presiding over child-conception) origin of the stork delivering babies?
one of a class of heavenly beings, noted specially as musicians; an expression for that impulse or entity which takes (re-)conception
【陽】 1. 乾闥婆，音樂家，屬於小神的天上音樂家。2. 將投胎的陰靈。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Gandhabba</c> </b> <br>An attendant of King Eḷeyya and a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.ii.180</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc) demigod; heavenly musician; class of mythological beings heavenly musician belonging to the demigods
(masc, masc) stream of consciousness impelled to be reborn stream of consciousness ready to take rebirth
(masc, masc) name of a minister
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