गन्धर्व

Monier-Williams · gandharva
gandharvá m. a Gandharva [though in later times the Gandharvas are regarded as a class, yet in rarely more than one is mentioned ‖ he is designated as the heavenly Gandharva (divyá g ix, 86, 36 and x, 139, 5), and is also called Viśvā-vasu ( x, 85, 21 and 22 ; 139, 4 and 5) and Vāyu-keśa (in pl. iii, 38, 6) ‖ his habitation is the sky, or the region of the air and the heavenly waters ( i, 22, 14 ; viii, 77, 5 ; ix, 85, 12 ; 86, 36 ; x, 10, 4 ii, 2, 3) ‖ his especial duty is to guard the heavenly Soma ( ix, 83, 4 and 85, 12), which the gods obtain through his intervention ( vii, 73, 3