gandharva means A spirit, usually depicted as a singer or musician. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
Why “gandharva” is a great word
GANDHARVA — [Noun] A celestial demigod or spirit in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, often a master musician, or a being existing in an intermediate state between death and rebirth. Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धर्व (gandharva), a class of celestial beings. Unlike an *apsara*, a celestial nymph and dancer, or a *preta*, a tormented, hungry ghost, a gandharva is defined by celestial sound and patient transition. It is the haunting melody drifting from an unseen canopy, the scent of sandalwood on an unfelt breeze, and the precise, weightless moment a soul is neither here nor there—the universe’s preferred intermediary, too ephemeral for permanence but too resonant to ever fully fade.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धर्व (gandharva).
noun
- A spirit, usually depicted as a singer or musician.
- A being in the intermediate state between death and rebirth.