Gandharvaveda, ³ÒÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹±¹±ð»å²¹, Gandharva-Veda, Gamdharvaveda: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index³ÒÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (गानà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤�).—Music.*
- * BhÄgavata-purÄṇa III. 12. 38.

The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Knowledge Traditions & Practices of India: Education: Systems & PracticesGandharvaveda (गनà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤¦) refers to the “science of musicâ€� and represents one of the divisions of the Upaveda (applied knowledge) class of knowledge, lying between that of the ±Ê²¹³Ü°ùūṣe²â²¹ and ´¡±è²¹³Ü°ùūṣe²â²¹ classification of ÅšÄå²õ³Ù°ù²¹ knowledge; all part of the ancient Indian education system, which aimed at both the inner and the outer dimension of a person.

Dharmashastra (धरà¥à¤®à¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤�, dharmaÅ›Ästra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandharvaveda (गनà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤¦).—one of the four subordinate Vedas or Upavedas, which treats of music; see उपवेà¤� (upaveda).
Derivable forms: ²µ²¹²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹±¹±ð»å²¹á¸� (गनà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤¦à¤�).
Gandharvaveda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandharva and veda (वे�).
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³ÒÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (गानà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤�).—the Veda of music (considered as an appendix to SÄmaveda and ascribed to Bharata).
Derivable forms: ²µÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹±¹±ð»å²¹á¸� (गानà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤¦à¤ƒ).
³ÒÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ²µÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹ and veda (वेà¤�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandharvaveda (गनà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤¦).—m. the science of music.
Gandharvaveda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandharva and veda (वे�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gandharvaveda (गनà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤¦):—[=gandharva-veda] [from gandharva] m. = -±¹¾±»å²âÄå (considered as a branch of the [SÄma-veda]), [Caraṇa-vyÅ«ha]
2) ³ÒÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (गानà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤�):—[=²µÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹-veda] [from ²µÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹] m. the Veda of music (considered as an appendix of the [SÄma-veda] and ascribed to Bharata), [MahÄbhÄrata iii, 8421; Harivaṃśa; BhÄgavata-purÄṇa iii.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandharvaveda (गनà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤¦):—[gandharva-veda] (»å²¹á¸�) 1. m. Science of music, dancing, &c.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGaṃdharvavÄ“da (ಗಂಧರà³à²µà²µà³‡à²�):—[noun] = ಗಂಧರà³à²µà²µà²¿à²¦à³à²¯à³† [gamdharvavidye].
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GÄṃdharvavÄ“da (ಗಾಂಧರà³à²µà²µà³‡à²¦):—[noun] the art and science of music and dance, considered as one of the four auxiliary Vedas.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Gandharva-veda (गनà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤�-वेà¤�):—n. one of the four Upavedas; the science of Music;
2) ³ÒÄå²Ô»å³ó²¹°ù±¹²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (गानà¥à¤§à¤°à¥à¤µà¤µà¥‡à¤�):—n. Vedic musicology;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Vedavedanga, Veda, Gandharva.
Full-text: Upaveda, Gandharv-veda, Bharataputraka, Gandharvavidya, Sandipani, Shilada, Gandharva, Abhisheka.
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