गन्धर्वी विवाह gandharvī vivāh

गंधर्व gandharva gandharv (nm) mythological community of celestial musicians; a caste of singers; -विद्या music; —विवाह one of the eight recognized types of marriages prescribed by the Hindu law-giver मनु, entailing mutual pledge between the lover and the beloved in the presence of respectable people.

गंधर्व gandharv [S.], m. 1. mythol. a heavenly minstrel or musician; a demigod of the heaven of Indra. 2. hind. a community, of which the women are singers and dancers. — गंधर्व-लोक, m. realm of the gandharvas, the heaven of Indra. गंधर्व-विद्या, f. the science or art of music. गंधर्व-विवाह, m. hind. marriage by mutual agreement, without any marriage ceremony.

S گندهرو गन्धर्व gandharv , = S گندهرب गन्धर्ब gandharb, s.m. (f. -ī), An aërial minstrel, a kind of celestial musician; a class or (one of a class) of demi-gods who inhabit the heaven of Indra and constitute the orchestra at all the banquets of the principal deities; — the soul after death and previous to its being born again (according to Hindū notions); — a horse; — a kind of deer: — gandharb-gānā, s.m. or gandharb-gīt, s.m. The minstrelsy of the celestial choir; — a Gandharb's song: — gandharb-vivāh, or gandharb-biwāh, or gandharb-byāh, s.m. Marriage from mutual agreement (before witnesses or in writing, and without the usual ceremonies).

गन्धर्वी विवाह gandharvī vivāh. The Gandharvi marriage. According to the rules of this marriage the couple maintain celibacy in their relations.

गन्धर्वी विवाह. A Gandharva marriage is one of the eight classical types of Hindu marriage. This ancient marriage tradition from the Indian subcontinent was based on consensual acceptance between two people, with no rituals, witnesses or family participation. When the young man and the girl mutually agreed, this type of marriage was considered solemnized only after performing the Havan (a fire ritual, yagna performed on special occasions with fire) brought from the house of a learned brahmin and taking three rounds around the Havan Kund(fire pit) in mutual alliance. In the Indian perspective, the marriages of Shakuntala-Dushyant, Pururava-Urvashi, Vasavadatta-Udayan are famous examples of Gandharva marriages.