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One day, as Yellamma was fetching water, she saw a heavenly being, a gandharva, making love to his consort by the banks of the river.
Archive 2008-08-01 Jan 2008
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One day, as Yellamma was fetching water, she saw a heavenly being, a gandharva, making love to his consort by the banks of the river.
Serving the Goddess Jan 2008
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When the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All had pronounced those words, the venerable Son of Sharadvati, and the bodhisattva great-minded mahasattva, the Arya Avalokiteshvara, and the pair of assemblies of those endowed with all, as well as the world - gods, humans, anti-gods, and gandharva heavenly musicians - rejoicing, sang praises of what had been declared by the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All. Join us in trying to benefit others.
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They are married according to the _gandharva_ form, on the condition that the issue of the marriage should occupy the throne of Hastinapur.
Tales from the Hindu Dramatists R. N. Dutta
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In India _gandharva_ marriage is one of the not-honorable forms.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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A love relation needed the approval of the girl's parents, otherwise it ran down to the _gandharva_ form.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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a large number of the most beautiful ladies used to wait upon him, like thousands of celestial girls upon a sporting gandharva.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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