गन्धर्ब्ब

Shabda-Sagara

गन्धर्ब्ब  m.  ( -र्ब्बः)
   1. A gandharba or celestial musician; these demigods inhabit INDRA'S heaven, and form the orchestra at all the banquets of the principal deities.
   2. A horse.
   3. A kind of deer; according to some authorities, the musk- deer.
   4. The soul after death, and previous to its being born again, corresponding, in some respects, to the western notion of ghosts.
   5. A singer in general.
   6. The Kokila or black cuckoo.
   7. The sun.
   8. A sage, a pious man.
    E. गन्ध smell, injury, &c. अर्ब्ब to go, affix अच् the अ final of गन्ध is reject- ed; the root is also sometimes written with the dental letter अर्व्व, when the compound will be गन्धर्व्व; the best authorities however write it with the final labial letter ब as above.

ROOTS:

गन्ध अर्ब्ब अच् अ गन्ध अर्व्व गन्धर्व्व; ब