平成20年9月11日木曜日

Gandharva; celestial musician

インドには、こんな神様もいます。
音楽や踊りに秀でた才能を顕す、天使のような存在。
天国の秘密と神聖な真実を知り、それを人々に知らせる。
シャーマン的癒しの能力を持つ。
“ガンダルヴァ” 、天界の音楽家。

Gandharva; celestial musician

A member of a class of demigods. A celestial denizen's (gandharva) habitation is the sky, the midregion, or the hevenly waters. It is their special duty to guard the divine nector (soma) which the gods obtained through their intervention. The a gandharva is supposed to be a physician because the soma is the best medicine. They know and make known the secrets of heaven and divine truth in general. They are the parents of the first pair of human beings and have a peculiar power over women. They are known as the celestial musicians or heavenly singers. Human gandharvas have the power of making themselves invisible at will. They are expert in dancing and music. They posses the power of resisting heat and coldand other parts of opposites and can command all material pleasures.

-"A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy"

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