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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.
(Bābā) According to the rules of this marriage the couple maintain celibacy in their relations.

Name of the son of Śhiv and Pārvatī (he is the god of wisdom, and the remover of obstacles; hence he is invoked at the commencement of all undertakings, literary composition, &c. Most Hindū literary compositions begin with the phrase śrī-gaṇeśāya-namah, 'reverence to the divine Gaṅeśh).

The Ganges (considered to be the most sacred river by the Hindus).

A prostitute, harlot.

A knot, tie, fastening.
Bond, engagement, stipulation.
A bundle, parcel, bale (of goods); a bunch.

Village.

To lose, to waste, to squander.

Negligent, unaware, unconscious.

A gossip, hearsay.

To indulge in boastful gossip, to brag and boast.

The womb.
Pregnancy.
Foetus.
The interior.

Jail of a womb.

Palace of the womb, palace of the belly.

A fort, castle, citadel; stronghold.

Cart, coach, cab, vehicle, carriage, train.

The poor and the rich man.

Poverty, penury.

Drowned, sunk, immersed.

Heat, warmth.
Summer.
Passion.
Anger, violence.
Ardour.
Syphilis.

Motion, movement.
Speed.
State, condition, plight.
Shape, appearance.
Access, approach, pass.
Destiny, salvation.

The Giver of gati (salvation in the incorporeal world) and sadgati (salvation in the future corporeal world).

A cow.
A bull, an ox, a bullock.

'Cow's mouth'.
The chasm in the Himālaya mountains through which the Ganges flows (erroneously conceived to be shaped like a cow's mouth).
A cloth bag containing a rosary (the beads of which are counted by the hand thrust inside).
Gomukh is a temple near Mount Abu. People drink the water flowing from Gomukh as holy Ganges water with devotion.
(Bābā) Baba says that the true cow-mouth is Brahma Baba, from whose lotus mouth Shiv Baba sheds the Ganges of knowledge. Soul can become pure only by consuming this Ganga of knowledge.

Name of a Vedic metre of twenty-four syllables (generally arranged as a triplet of three divisions of eight syllables each); a hymn composed in this metre.
A sacred verse from the Rig-veda to be recited mentally by every Brāhman at his morning and evening devotions (the Gāyatrī verse is personified as a goddess, the wife of Brahmā, and mother of the four Vedas, and also of the first three classes of Hindūs in their capacity of twice-born: there is but one Gāyatrī of the Vedas; but according to the system of the Tāntrikas there are a number of mystical verses called by that name, and each deity has one in particular: the repetition of the Gāyatrī is considered necessary to salvation).

Deceitful, one who gives sorrow to others.

Suffix used for the future tense conjugation in the masculine plural.

Red ochre, ochre, ruddle.

A kind of sweetmeat composed of flour, milk, ghī, cocoa-nut, and sugar.

Thicker version of jalebi: ghevar decorated with rose petals and jalebi. (a Sindh specialty sold in the streets during the Holi festival)

Confusion, bewilderment, perplexity; perturbation, distraction, agitation, distress (of mind), anxiety; dismay, alarm, consternation, fright.