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scent eater; odor eater; the musicians of Indra, ruled by DhRtarastra, who live in the region of the air and the heavenly waters; their special duty is to guard the heavenly soma, which the gods obtain through their intervention |
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JH-SKT, YOGA, JV, IW, RB, RY |
gandharva |
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JH-SKT |
{LCh,MSA}* |
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[1330] 1) 'dod pa'i bar srid de skal ba bzang ngan gyis dri zhim pa dang mi zhim pa za ba'i phyir dri za zhes bya'o/ ... 2) 'dod lha'i glu mkhan gyi bye brag cig ... |
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DM |
Germano, Poetic Thought 930. |
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JV |
*, name for yid kyi lus, spirit class who live on odors, eaters of smells, class of demi-gods, type of lha, scent eaters, gandarvas |
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IW |
scent eater, * [denizens of the sky, who subsist on odours] |
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RB |
*; disembodied spirit/ mind in intermediate state after death |
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RY |
*; odor-eaters; "scent eater". 1) denizens of the sky, who subsist on odors. 2) disembodied spirit/ mind in intermediate state after death. Gandharva. 1) A class of sentient being who lives on scents. 2) A type of celestial musicians living on the rim of Mt Sumeru. Gandharvas, "odor-eaters", a class of spirits |