Gandharvavivaha, Gāndharvavivāha, Gandharva-vivaha, Gandharvavivāha, Gamdharvavivaha: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Shodhganga: Facts of society in the ManusamhitaGāndharvavivāha (गान्धर्वविवाह):—The Gāndharva marriage (vivāha).—This is a marriage arising out of the voluntary union of a maiden or her lover which springs from desire and has sexual intercourse for its purpose. It can be compared with the modern love marriage.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandharvavivāha (गन्धर्वविवाह).—one of the eight forms of marriage described in Manusmṛti 3.27 &c.; in this form marriage proceeds entirely from love or the mutual inclination of a youth and maiden without ceremonies and without consulting relatives; it is, as Kālidāsa observes, कथमप्यबान्धवकृता स्नेहप्रवृत्तिः (kathamapyabāndhavakṛtā snehapravṛttiḥ) Ś.4.17.
Derivable forms: gandharvavivāhaḥ (गन्धर्वविवाहः).
Gandharvavivāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandharva and vivāha (विवाह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gandharvavivāha (गन्धर्वविवाह):—[=gandharva-vivāha] [from gandharva] m. ‘the form of marriage peculiar to the Gandharvas’, a marriage proceeding entirely from love without ceremonies and without consulting relatives (allowed between persons of the second or military class)
2) [v.s. ...] cf. [Manu-smṛti iii, 26.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandharvavivāha (गन्धर्वविवाह):—[gandharva-vivāha] (haḥ) 1. m. Marriage without its ceremonies.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGaṃdharvavivāha (ಗಂಧರ್ವವಿವಾಹ):—[noun] a marrying with mutual love (not being arranged by elders, nor with any religious rites being observed); a love-marriage.
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Gāṃdharvavivāha (ಗಾಂಧರ್ವವಿವಾಹ):—[noun] a marriage with mutual consent of the bride and bridegroom, without following any formal rites.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Gandharva-vivāha (गन्धर्व-विवाह):—n. a kind of marriage by mutual agreement; love marriage;
2) Gāndharvavivāha (गान्धर्वविवाह):—n. love-marriage; a form of marriage which requires only the consent of the parties concerned;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Vivaha, Gandharva.
Full-text: Gandharvalagna, Gandharv-vivaah, Ashtauvivaha, Gandharva.
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