Gandharvas : in the Veda, Lord of hosts of Delight; in Puranas, musicians of Heaven. In Sri Aurobindo’s words, “beautiful, brave & melodious beings, the artists, musicians, poets & shining warriors of heaven” who, with Yakshas (q.v.) & Kinnaras (q.v.) form a class of beings “whose unifying characteristic is material ease, prosperity & a beautiful, happy & undisturbed self-indulgence”.
... stallion, or the bull, i.e. master of the herd, the leader, master or fighter. The word Asura also means the strong or mighty one. The Gandharvas are cited here briefly, so as to suit the rapidity of the passage, as the type of a particular class of beings, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Kinnaras Page 285 whose unifying characteristic is material ease, prosperity and a beautiful, happy & undisturbed... that was born in his rear and its birth was in the western waters. These were the grandeurs that arose to being on either side of the horse. He became Haya and carried the gods,—Vajin and bore the Gandharvas,—Arvan and bore the Titans,—Aswa and carried mankind. The sea was his brother and the sea his birthplace." This passage, full of a gigantic imagery, sets the key to the Upanishad and only by entering... shall easily understand why the images are thus distributed in the sentence I have last quoted. Heaven is the back of the Horse, because it is on mind that we rest, mind that bears up the Gods & Gandharvas, Titans & men;—the mid-region is the belly because vital energy is that which hungers & devours, moves restlessly everywhere seizing everything and turning it into food or else because mind is the ...
... woven, warp and woof?' 'On the atmosphere-worlds, O Gārgī.' 'On what then, pray, are the atmosphere-worlds woven, warp and woof?' 'On the worlds of the Gandharvas, O Gārgī.' 'On what then, pray, are the worlds of the Gandharvas woven, warp and woof?' 'On the worlds of the sun, O Gārgī.' 'On what then, pray, are the worlds, of the sun woven, warp and woof?' 'On the worlds of... dawn, strives across the earth and the quarters and the intermediate world of Life and heaven of Mind, — the horse who was a mere horse for the human beings, but Arvan for the Titans, Vajin for the Gandharvas, and Haya for the Gods, whose home is that supramental Truth, Right and Vast, which constantly and imperishably manifests Supreme Bliss, Madhu. Let us read that description: "Dawn is the head... that was born in his rear and its birth was in the Western waters, These were the grandeurs that arose into being on either side of the horse. He became Haya and carried the Gods, Vajin and bore the Gandharvas, —Arvan and bore the Titans, —Ashwa and carried mankind. The sea was his brother and the sea his birth place."74 [vi] We shall next refer to a dialogue between Gargi, a woman-mystic and ...
... he chanced upon a beautiful lot of demi-godly beings, male and female, and enquired of them as to their identity. Reluctant to speak out at first, they were obliged to reveal that they were the Gandharvas and the Gandharvis , the presiding spirits behind the modes of music - the Ragas and the Raginis . On a closer look Narada detected that each one of those beings, extremely charming... were but too willing to oblige him, for an opportunity to listen to Shiva singing came but rarely. The event took place with the two great Gods as well as all the other divinities and the Gandharvas and the Gandharvis constituting the grand audience. As Shiva started singing, spring came over the region, all were splashed with wonderful waves of delight and of course, the lost limbs were... legend - how music can unite the listener with itself in the latter's calm meditative attention, how the imperfect and the disharmonious can be made perfect and harmonious - as it happened to the Gandharvas and the Gandharvis for music is auditory representation of the secret rhythm of harmony at the core of Creation. What I said with the tradition of dance and music as examples, applies ...
... of those proficient in the use of excel lent missiles, who was endowed with extraordinary splendour, neutralized that missile with the excellent missile presided over Page 193 by the Gandharvas (celestial musicians). (5) This missile having been rendered void by the high souled Śrī Rāma (a scion of Raghu), Rāvana for his part, his eyes coppery with wrath, employed the missile presided... witness at ease you, who are so difficult to over power, this trial of strength between Rāvana and myself. (54) Let (all) the three worlds (earth, heaven and the intermediate region) including the Gandharvas (celestial musicians), gods, Rsis (the seers of Vedic Mantras) and Cāranas (celestial bards) behold (with their own eyes) today the Rāmahood of Rāma in the course of my combat. (55) I shall accomplish... with gold and shining like a blazing fire. (4) "The combat between Śrī Rāma, who is standing on the ground, and the rākshasa, who is seated in a chariot, is not well matched," so declared the gods, Gandharvas (celestial musicians) and Kinnaras (a class of demigods credited with a human figure and the head of a horse). (5) Summoning (his charioteer) Mātali on hearing their talk, sweet as nectar, the glorious ...
... is the warp and woof woven upon water; upon what is woven the water?" — Yajnavalkya: "Air". — "Upon what then is air woven?" — "sky". — "Upon what is woven the sky?" — "The world of Gandharvas." — "Upon what the Gandharvas?"—"Upon the Sun." She continued her questioning. And thus she was led successively through higher and higher worlds — from the Sun to the Moon, then to the Stars, then to the Gods ...
... permeated by air," said Yajnavalkya. "And what contains the air?" "The heavens." "And where are the heavens contained?" Page 27 "In the world of the Gandharvas." "And the world of the Gandharvas?" "In the regions of the Sun." "And the solar regions?" "In the worlds of the Moon." "And the lunar worlds?" "In the regions of the stars." Gargi ...
... Bride's side came the Apsaras, the Gandharvas 2 the 1 Bhutas and Pramathas are ghosts and fiends attending upon Shiva. Hence Shiva is also known as Bhutanath and Pramathesh. * Apsaras and Gandharvas are heaven's dancers and musicians and singers. They live in the middle air, between heaven and earth. The dwellings, the cities of the Gandharvas are reputed to be most splendid. ... Page 81 Kinnars. 1 Apsaras, the nymphs of heaven, danced their exquisite dances to the heavenly music of the Gandharvas. The Kinnars, the celestial choristers, enriched the scene. Everyone who was anyone or who was nobody gathered on the Himalayan peaks- to celebrate the divine Marriage. Obviously, that posed a great threat to the earth's equilibrium. 3 How to restore the balance ...
... beheld that large-eyed Sīta, who shone like a golden altar, descending into the fire (lit., the bearer of sacrificial offerings) on that occasion. (32) Rsis (the seers of Vedic Mantras), gods and the Gandharvas saw that highly auspicious one penetrating deep into the fire (lit., the consumer of oblations) like the consummating offering of ghee. (33) All the women (present on the occasion) screamed on perceiving... into the fire like an unbroken stream of ghee, (duly) consecrated by the recitation of Mantras, falling into a sacrificial fire. (34) (The denizens of all) the three worlds (including) gods, the Gandharvas (celestial musicians) and Danavas (the demons), witnessed her falling (into the fire) like a goddess, subjected to a curse. (35) While she was entering into the flames, a loud cry filled with a dreadful... (lying) on a huge serpent (known Page 242 by the name of Śesa), on the waters. (22) You are the Cosmic Person (Lord Nārāyana) supporting (all) the three worlds as also the gods, the Gandharvas (celestial musicians) and the demons, 0 Rama! I (Brahma) constitute your heart, while Goddess SaraswatT, 0 Rama, your tongue. (23) The gods created by Brahma are the hair on your limbs, 0 Lord! ...
... the barbarians. He takes the lead of their revolt which is at first a disordered movement of indignation (lipi Indignation alternating with indigenous)[,] systematises it, conquers & enslaves the Gandharvas, learns from them their civilisation and modifies it by the barbarian manners. The new race evolved finally dominates the then world & fixes the next type of the Pashu evolution. But who are these... houseboat is a houseraft & entirely different in structure from the modern houseboat; the craft in which the man & girl in another image are seen crossing the river is also a raft & not a boat. The Gandharvas, when first seen, are robed differently in the males & the women; the former have dresses like the older styles of European dress, the latter wear loose & light classical draperies—an arrangement ...
... this place that would be worthy of him. (64) The heroic achievements of that exalted soul capable of crushing the enemy in combat, have been heard of, nay, actually witnessed by me. Not even gods, Gandharvas, Nagas and rākshasas (combined) can in fact be a match for Śrī Rāma on the field of battle. (65) Who, having Page 173 vividly perceived Śrī Rāma — who is endowed with extraordinary... your missiles against the rākshasas, even though you are the foremost of those proficient in the use of missiles, mighty and full of courage?" (41) (Turning to Hanūmān ) "Neither Nagas nor Gandharvas (celestial musicians), nor gods nor the Maruts (the forty nine wind gods) are able to resist the onrush of Śrī Rāma in combat. (42) If there still exists, any regard for me in the heart of that ...
... and Balarāma, the foremost of the powerful, Page 88 hugged Śrī Krsna and pronounced their blessings on Him, (30) Highly gratified, hosts of gods, the Sādhyas as well as the Siddhas, Gandharvas and Cāranas in heaven glorified Him and showered volleys of flowers on Him, O ruler of the earth! (31) Prompted by the gods conchs and kettledrums sounded in the heavens; while Gandharva chiefs —... wives gathered with great eagerness to witness the Rāsa dance. 5. Then Page 113 kettledrums began to sound and showers of flowers to fall from the heavens. The master musicians of the Gandharvas began to sing with their womenfolk, songs dealing with the sanctifying excellences of Śrī Krsna. 6. The sound of clanging bangles, of anklets, and of mini-bells on the waist-girdles of those ...
... nothing is hard to obtain through compliance with the wishes of one's elders. (36) High souled men (exclusively) devoted to their parents secure (after their death) the regions of the gods and the Gandharvas, the seventh heaven presided over by Brahma (the creator) and other regions, nay, (even) Goloka. (37) I wish to do precisely as my celebrated father, devoted to the path of truthfulness and virtue... auspicious bodily marks, knew what is right and served as an illustration of virtue, spoke as follows, her eyes overflowing with tears, to her husband, who vied with Citraratha (the ruler of the Gandharvas): —(10 11)"! wonder how ascetics dwelling in forests put on the bark of trees." Saying so, the celebrated Sītā, who was in no way adept in wearing the bark of trees, erred again and again (in her ...
... and woof woven upon water; upon what is woven the water?" ― Yajnavalkya: "Air". ― "Upon what then is air woven?" ― "Sky". ― "Upon what is woven the sky?" ― "The world of Gandharvas." ― "Upon what the Gandharvas?""Upon the Sun." She continued her questioning. And thus she was led successively through higher and higher worlds ― from the Sun to the Moon, then to the Stars, then to the Gods ...
... are permeated by air," said Yajnavalkya. "And what contains the air?" "The heavens." "And where are the heavens contained?" Page 141 "In the world of the Gandharvas." "And the world of the Gandharvas?" "In the regions of the Sun;" "And the solar regions?" "In the worlds of the Moon." "And the lunar worlds?" "In the regions of the stars." Gargi went on thus ...
... did not belong to this world. She belonged to the world of Gandharvas. Do you understand what it means? There are beings who take birth from time to time, who come down upon earth to complete some experience or realisation, and your mother is one of them. She lives there, above our earth, but very close to us, in the world of Gandharvas; these beings are blessed with exceptional qualities. Her ...
... grandeur that was born behind him & its birth was from the other waters. These are the grandeurs that came into being on either side of the horse. He became Haya & bore the gods, Vaja & bore the Gandharvas, Arvan & bore the Titans, Aswa & bore mankind. The sea was his brother & the sea was his birthplace. Chapter One: Section II नैवेह किंचनाग्र आसीन्मृत्युनैवेदमावृतमासीत् । अशनाययाशनाया हि म ...
... There are no Asuras on the higher planes where the Truth prevails, except in the Vedic sense—"the Divine in its strength". The mental and vital Asuras are only a deviation of that power. The Gandharvas are of the vital plane but they are vital Gods, not Asuras. Many Asuras are beautiful in appearance and can carry even a splendour or light with them. It is the Rakshasas, Pisachas, etc. who are ...
... We wish to see Śrī Rāma absolved forever from (all) obligations to his father; for due to him fulfilling Kaikeyī King Daśaratha has ascended to heaven." (6) Having uttered these few words, the Gandharvas along with the eminent sages as well as the royal sages and all (others) went each their own way. (7) Gladdened by this observation, Śrī Rāma of blessed appearance looked brighter and thrilled with ...
... dismissing Guha there, later on reached Citrakuta according to the instructions of Bharadwaja and, erecting a lovely cottage, the three sojourned happily there sporting in the woods like gods and Gandharvas (celestial musicians). Sri Rama had proceeded to Citrakuta on foot (as reported by the charioteer, who had since returned to Ayodhya) and hearing this Emperor Dasaratha, stricken as he was with ...
... status of a Gandharva. Not the death of Urvasie, but her withdrawal to heaven, causes the complication which is happily resolved when Pururavas too qualifies for life in that 'dream kingdom' of Gandharvas and Apsaras. An early poem, it is steeped in romantic sentiment and imagery, there is a 'temptation' at its heart, and an implied lesson. What though Urvasie were lost? All was not lost, there were ...
... Sun, (iv) their expressions, emanations or embodiments—stars and birds and light-rays, and finally, (v) the original inhabitants of these worlds—to earth belong the reptiles, to the mid-region the Gandharvas and to heaven the ancient Fathers. Now, this is the All, the Universal. One has to realise it and possess in one's consciousness. And that can be done only in one way: one has to identify oneself ...
... Rishi, 132 Draupadi, 56 Duncan , 38 Dutta, Basabi, 180 Dutt, R. C., II EKALAVYA, 193 Europe , 22 FRANCE , 12 GANDHARVAS,the,50 Ganges , the, 106, 150, 266,268, 286 Gargi,50 Gautama. 2.36 Page 311 Gita, the, 5, 38, 68, 112 Greece ...
... in the hierarchy of vital beings. Much of what is known as aesthetic or artistic creation derives its spirit from this sphere. Many of the gods of beauty and delight are denizens of this heaven. Gandharvas and Kinnaras are here, Dionysus and even Apollo perhaps (at least in their mythological aspect-in their occult reality they properly belong to the Overmind which is the own home of the gods), many ...
... Upanishad (ch. 8, part 2) inquiring into the nature of bliss and giving the following scale to measure it out: starting from the happiness of a healthy and prosperous young man, that of ancestors, gandharvas and devas is a hundredfold; the happiness of India again is a hundred times that of the devas, and so on. The final limit of happiness is that of the Brahman, which is the supreme Bliss. 2 ...
... ब्रह्मलोके ॥५॥ 5) In the self one seeth God as in a mirror but as in a dream in the world of the fathers, and as in water one seeth the surface of an object, so one seeth Him in the world of the Gandharvas; but He is seen as light and shade in the heaven of the Spirit. इन्द्रियाणां पृथग्भावमुदयास्तमयौ च यत् । पृथगुत्पद्यमानानां मत्वा धीरो न शोचति ॥६॥ 6) The calm soul having comprehended the ...
... otherwise of expressing & perfecting them in a world which did not properly belong to them but to quite other movements. This was the basis of the idea of Devas, Daityas, Asuras, Rakshasas, Pisachas, Gandharvas etc, with which the Veda, Upanishad & Itihasa have familiarised our minds. There is no reason to suppose that all worlds of this material system are the home of living things—on the contrary the ...
... war-god, leader of the leaders of battle, Marichi among the Maruts, the lord of wealth among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, the serpent Ananta among the Nagas, Agni among the Vasus, Chitraratha among the Gandharvas, Kandarpa the love-God among the progenitors, Varuna among the peoples of the sea, Aryaman among the Fathers, Narada among the divine sages, Yama lord of the Law among those who maintain rule and ...
... humiliate them still more by appearing before them in all his regal power and splendour. Matters however turned out differently from what he expected, and he became involved in a quarrel with some gandharvas, a class of aerial beings. Duryodhan was taken captive by them and it was the Pandav brothers who released him from his captivity and allowed him to return to his kingdom in peace. This act of ...
... keeps people awake! Indication of psychological sense of Soma. Indra is to protect Soma in a battle, a Soma that itself fights. 9 जनेषु पंचसु इंद्रियाणि या ते. The five worlds: according to Sayana Gandharvas, Fathers, Gods, Asuras, Rakshasas or the five castes. 10 अगत्. गच्छतु S. Can it not be past sense? उत् तिरामसि Meaning of तृ not to increase as Sayana, but Page 480 pass through in ...
... sun and moon — before the gods Sītā free from sins before all the Rsis. In Lankā, Sītā, (pure of conduct) was handed over to me by Mahendra (the lord of gods), in the presence of the gods and the Gandharvas and my inner conscience bears testimony to her purity and nobility. (7-10) "Then having accepted Sītā, I have come to Ayodhyā. This has now become for me a stern condemnation and grief has made ...
... 284-5, 289 FAKIRS, 221, 223 Fascism, 253, 262 Flaubert, 88 France, 66, 193, 198, 205, 253, 284, 298 Francisco, 173-4 French Revolution, 103, 266, 274 Freud, Sigmund, 126 GANDHARVAS,26 Gargi, 5-6 Germany, 253 Ghcse, Prof. Manmohan, 230, 234 Gita, the, 7, 17, 24, 51, 53, 58, 73, 114, 117-18, 12In., 145, 149, 166, 180, 235, 239n., 274 Gloucester, 171-3 Goethe ...
... in the hierarchy of vital beings. Much of what is known as aesthetic or artistic creation derives its spirit from this sphere. Many of the gods of beauty and delight are denizens of this heaven. Gandharvas and Kinnaras are here, Dionysus and even Apollo perhaps (at least in their mythological aspect—in their occult reality they properly belong to the Overmind which is the own home of the gods), many ...
... power have a subordinate place in his consciousness. Page 148 They have been the obedient servitors of beauty. Rabindranath's soul seems to have descended from the world of the Gandharvas who are the divine Masters of music. This Gandharva saw the light of day to express and spread something of real beauty in the earthly life. His mission and performance were to manifest beauty in ...
... (iv) their expressions, emanations or embodiments – stars and birds and light-rays, and finally, (v) the original inhabitants of these worlds – to earth belong the reptiles, to the mid-region the Gandharvas and to heaven the ancient Fathers. Now, this is the All, the Universal. One has to realise it and possess in one's consciousness. And that can be done only in one way: one has to identify oneself ...
... Eternal Day "rapture was a common incident", "limbs were trembling densities of soul". Higher up great forms of deities sat. Beings with bright bodies, tracing the movement of delight, Apsaras and Gandharvas were there; "immortal figures and illumined brows", the great forefathers of the human race moved in that splendour. The world of Light went higher and higher: "Worlds of an infinite reach crowned ...
... On the crown of a glorious ascent where the finite mates with the infinite, she beholds great forms of deities, apsara goddesses, heaven's cupbearers, magician builders, wind-haired Gandharvas, and also our great ancestors, high seers and poets. At the last point of vision, Beyond what tongue can utter or mind dream, Worlds of an infinite reach crowned Nature's ...
... best, "Menaca!" crying "how long shall one man Divide from heaven its most perfect bliss? Go down and bring her back.. ." 13 By means of a trick, the denizens of heaven, the Gandharvas, arrange to steal away the rams particularly beloved of Urvasie and disappear in a blinding rush of lightning. She cries out to Pururavas, and when he springs up from the bed, there is lightning ...
... are regarded as a class, in the Rigveda more than one Gandharva is seldom mentioned. He is commonly designated as 'the heavenly Gandharva', whose habitation is the sky, and whose especial duty is to guard the heavenly Soma, which the Gods obtain through his permission." In the hymn under comment, Griffith 14 proposes the Sun as the Gandharva, while in hymn 85,12 his note 15 says: "here Soma, the... meaning: "Gandharva verily protects his dwelling-place; Wondrous, he guards the generations of the Gods." In any case we are clearly directed towards Heaven and not Earth for Soma's original status. Sri Aurobindo's comment on the two concluding verses runs: "Soma is the Gandharva, the Lord of the hosts of delight, and guards the true seat of the Deva, the level or plane of the Ananda; gandharva ittha... delight...." To complete the picture we may cull from Sri Aurobindo 12 a few more passages about the same hymn. Now the last two verses (4 and 5) are under comment. They begin with the mention of "Gandharva". The name is additional testimony to the unearthly status of Soma. It first occurs in the Rigveda in 1.22,14. In the well-known translation of Ralph T. H. Griffith, which seeks no esoteric sense ...
... beats "a jewel-rhythm of the laughter of God" and lies "on the breast of love". 93 Aswapati can now move with light dancing steps, on plain or ridge or hillside, or look over "dreaming cities of Gandharva kings". He can visit "shining Edens of the vital gods" and watch Beauty, Peace, Love, Strength, Desire, Pleasure and Dream play their truly appropriate roles. All here is under God's sway; pain ...
... NIGHT (Cantos VII, VIII) Mother of Falsehood & Sons of Darkness DAY (Cantos IX) The Life-Gods: The Gandharva World Page 492 ...
... and physical consciousness, to the Superconscient, the Vast Truth and the Bliss (R.V. I.36.7, IV.1.13-18, IV.2.15-18 etc.). Soma is the Gandharva, the Lord of the hosts of delight, and guards the true seat of the Deva, the level or plane of the Ananda; gandharva itthā padam asya rakṣati . He is the Supreme, standing out from all other beings and over them, other than they and wonderful, adbhuta ... strong in vision they set him within as a child to be born. गन्धर्व इत्था पदमस्य रक्षति पाति देवानां जनिमान्यद्भुतः । गृभ्णाति रिपुं निधया निधापतिः सुकृत्तमा मधुनो भक्षमाशत ॥४॥ 4) As the Gandharva he guards his true seat; as the supreme and wonderful One he keeps the births of the gods; Lord of the inner setting, by the inner setting he seizes the enemy. Those who are utterly perfected in works ...
... victorious over thousands of men in battle, but he who is victorious over himself. The victory that one wins over oneself is of more value than victory over all the peoples. No god, no Gandharva, 1 nor Mara nor Brahma 2 can change that victory to defeat. If, month after month, for a hundred years one offers sacrifices by the thousand, and if for a single instant one offers homage ...
... The eight footed word ऋतस्पृशं Creation of body & word Rodasi and Rita 77 2 ҫavasî as name of Aditi—Indra son of Çavas Aurnavabha Ahiҫuva 4 Three hundred lakes of Soma. 5 Gandharva. अबुध्नेषु रजःसु 6 Food taken out from the Mountains 7 Arrow of Indra & 11 Bow 8 Indra Ribhusthira 9 Mountains held with all encompassing hearts Page 506 10 Vishnu & Indra ...
... the Gandharva Kingdoms which Aswapati visits, we see that there "Love fulfilled her gold and roseate dreams," 29 indicating some kind of rich felicity of that realm. This assurance of Love reigning supreme and her fulfilment of dreams is in stark contrast to earth-nature that nips all positive things in the bud. The antithesis between expectations and fulfilment is annulled. The Gandharva Kingdoms... and jewels as semantemes of perfect harmony and exquisite beauty. In the Mahabharata too the Gandharva Kingdoms are depicted as equally resplendent. 28 Ibid ., p. 190, 29 Ibid ., p. 235. 30 Ibid ., p. 234. 31 Ibid ., p. 233. Page 495 It is not only the Gandharva Kingdoms which are bejewelled and bedecked, but also the ancient land of the Vedic seers. The... Kingdoms appear to the sage-king thus: Below him lay like gleaming jewelled thoughts Rapt dreaming cities of Gandharva kings. 30 The perfect harmony of the higher vital plane is vividly rendered by compounding jewel with rhythm in the lines describing the Paradise of the Life-Gods: It lived in a jewel-rhythm of the laughter of God And lay on the breast of universal love ...
... 192, 199-200,419 Einstein, 274 England, 198 Esau, 397 Eucharist, 130 Europe, 272, 421 FRANCE, 96, 116, 198-9,323-4,355,418 France, Anatole, 64 Franck, Cesar, 393, 424 GANDHARVA,47 Ganges, 383 Germany, 133, 199 Gita, the, 6n., 9, 21-2, 58, 76-7, 83, 93, 105, 108, 112n., 125n., 143, 157,160-1 Great War, the, 323, 355 Greece, 199,214,419,421 HAMLET, 79 ...
... Speed. Wrath Love. Joy. Prodigality Intellect. Desire. Service. 7 anandas—Kama—Prema—Ahaituka—Chid. Suddha—Nirguna—Siddha. = 84 worlds. with 7 below, nine above = 100 7 below. Gandharva (beauty). Yaksha (pleasure). Kinnara (fantasy). Aghora (samata). Swadhina (freedom). Deva (love). Asura (might & glory) from lowest to highest 9 above. Vaikuntha, Goloka, Brahmaloka, Meruloka, ...
... is victorious over thousands of men in battle, but he who is victorious over himself. The victory that one wins over oneself is of more value than victory over all the peoples. No god, no Gandharva,4 nor Mara nor Brahma can change that victory to defeat. If, month after month, for a hundred years one offers sacrifices by the thousand, and if for a single instant one offers homage to a being... Nirvana. 1. Yama: The God of Death. 2. The Perfectly Enlightened One'. The Buddha. 3. Taking one's food with the tip of a blade of Kusa grass symbolises an act of asceticism. 4. Gandharva: Celestial musician. 5. Dhamma: the True Doctrine. 6. Sangha: the community; the order of the Great Ones and the order of the monks. 7. Tathagatas: The Buddhas who, according to ...
... suppose that in the subliminal realm we are acquainted with things which are outside our ken in normal life . By some sort of poetic empathy I must have entered Tagore's "plane" of consciousness, the Gandharva world of magical rhythms, and felt at home in his creative activity. In waking life my contact with Bangla bani is very limited. From hearing Nirod and some others intersperse their English with ...
... becoming and seeks the plenitude; the Fathers who had the forming knowledge made a form of him by that power of knowledge which is his; strong in vision they set him within as a child to be born. As the Gandharva he guards his true seat; as the supreme and wonderful One he keeps the births of the gods; Lord of the inner setting, by the inner setting he seizes the enemy. Those who are utterly perfected in works ...
... like "the World -Magician's glass" embodying all the beauty and bliss and gladness far more intense than what can be possibly experienced on earth. In this region were "Rapt dreaming cities of Gandharva kings". There was constant heavenly music chanting the glory of Eternal love. There were the heavens of vital gods where beauty is native to the mould, peace and love and strength are always there; ...
... double being, one for the higher part of him, another for the lower nature. The higher is a very large psychic devata living in the celestial beauty of his own soul; the other is a sort of Gandharva. The Gandharva is limited, ego-bound, psycho-nervous, but his nervous expansion is made limited and weak by the domination of the psychic devata. At the same time he limits the psychic devata who because ...
... imparted. Starting with grammar, prosody and astronomy, the field covered science and art of healing and longevity (ayurveda), science and art of aesthetic creativity such as drama, music and dance (gandharva shastra), science and art of warfare (dhanurveda), and science and art of prosperity, constructive and well-established infrastructure of civilisational stability (arthaveda, vastu shastra, ...
... , born of the full enjoyment of the Prakriti, ie the Devasura. Balaka also means in the sortilege the young unfulfilled Prakriti. The Anandamaya Devasura has been prepared in the Rakshasa by the Gandharva type of Rakshasa who is also नारिकेलजः, born not of Prakriti's full act of enjoyment, but of her full mood of enjoyment (the Gandharvi bhava in Mahasaraswati). The thought-telepathy is now coming... raft; [a] 14 lamppostlike erection in the river, the nature & object of which are not clear yet. Beyond a hill with houses upon it. Connected with the Pashu-episodes. The type is no longer the Gandharva-Pashu, although a substratum of that type remains in the new race; the new type is distinctly coarser, one seen the other day after the Image, barbarously coarse; these seen today are of a higher ...
... They meet, they fall in love with each other, they Page 543 recognise the purpose of their union and the task they have together to attend to. In the acceptable tradition of the Gandharva marriage, and with Nature and the gods as its witnesses, they get indissolubly united. All this is absent in the upākhyāna . But then what is absent in the Legend and Symbol is the traditional ...
... of these beings and creatures of the supraphysical worlds differ widely in different religious traditions. Some of these names are: Page 52 deva, gana, upadeva, parsad, siddha, gandharva, vidyadhara, yaksha, raksha, daitya, asura, - all in the Indian tradition; fresta, jin, pari, iblish, saitan, in the Islamic tradition; and in the Christian tradition nine types of angels ...
... and convey the imaginative richness and depth of the Bengali master in really inspired language. It is not that he has anything of the music which is peculiar to Tagorian Bengali - a gift as of a "Gandharva" incarnate, a transmission to our world of a celestial strain proper to a specific non-human plane known to Indian occult lore, a plane of super-euphony beyond the verbal traffic of the earth at even ...
... his dignity —he would even joyfully sweep the campsite after the picnic. Cleanliness was a part of the art of living. The life we lived there was always fresh and wonderful, as though the Gandharva Loka itself, the very land of art and grace and beauty, had descended in Santiniketan. Poems were recited, the air was full of songs, and plays were staged. Celebrations of various festivals, like ...
... are yet unharmonised, the fullness of the Tapas is awaited. The obstinacy of the Bali element must now revive along with the growth of the Rakshasa. Equally, the lower forms, Pramatha, Pishacha, Gandharva, Yaksha, Charana, Pashu, must range themselves in their places & grow distinct yet one. Darshana Since yesterday afternoon the second intensity has taken possession in place of the first & ...
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