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A class of semidivine beings sometimes referred to as heavenly musicians.

A class of sentient being who lives on scents; literally "smell eater." Also a type of celestial musician living on the rim of Mt. Sumeru.

A class of spirit who lives on scents. Also, a type of celestial musician living on the rim of Mt Sumeru.

A race of deities who are particularly known to be musicians.

A semi-divine being "feeding on smell" and musically skilled.

Class of ethereal beings, living on scents.
scent-eater

Gandharvas (literally "odor eaters") are generally regarded as a class of menacing divine offspring, but in Abhidharma the term is often used differently—as a synonym for the mental body assumed by any sentient being of the world system of desire (kāmadhātu) during the intermediate state between death and rebirth.

Gandharvas, lit. "smell-eaters." A class of deities known for being skilled musicians. Also the name of spirits in the bardo state.

Gandharvas, literally "smell-eaters," are a class of spirits, sometimes described as celestial musicians. In other contexts the term can also refer to beings in the bardo-state.

Lit. "scent-eater." A heavenly musician.

Lit. "smell eater." Gandharvas are a class of spirits and minor gods (deva) in both Hindu and Buddhist cosmologies. They are supposedly messengers, singers and skilled musicians and dancers. Often closely associated with various nature-spirits (yakṣa), they are on occasion depicted as disturbing to monks practicing meditation.

Lower class of divine being, under the control of the Guardian King of the East. Capable of flight, they are often described as "celestial musicians."

The name of a kind of preta (ghost). These spirits are said to live on odours, hence their name "smell-eater." Known for their music.

Usually, a particular category of semi-divine celestial being, one of the four kinds on the four sides of Mount Meru; but in the context of the process of rebirth (e.g. in 1.86 in this sūtra), gandharva refers to the consciousness of the being between death and the next rebirth.

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