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Gandhara (Ga) Gandhara (Sanskrit: गान्धार, romanized: Gāndhāra) is the 3rd svara from the seven svaras of Hindustani music and Carnatic music. [1] Gandhara is the long form of the syllable ग. [2] For simplicity in pronouncing while singing the syllable, Gandhara is pronounced as Ga (notation - G).
Gondophares I (Greek: Γονδοφαρης Gondopharēs, Υνδοφερρης Hyndopherrēs; Kharosthi: 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪 Gu-da-pha-ra, Gudaphara; [2] 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪𐨿𐨣 Gu-da-pha-rna, Gudapharna; [3] [4] 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨂𐨵𐨪 Gu-du-vha-ra, Guduvhara [5]) was the founder of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom and its most prominent king, ruling from 19 to 46.
Vrishabha Sen was the Ganadhara of Tīrthankara Rishabhanatha.According to Jain legends, after the nirvana of Rishabhanatha, Bharata was in grief. Ganadhara Vrisabha Sen saw him and spoke to him:
Gandhara (IAST: Gandhāra) was an ancient Indo-Aryan [1] region in present-day north-west Pakistan and north-east Afghanistan. [2] [3] [4] The core of the region of Gandhara was the Peshawar and Swat valleys extending as far east as the Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, though the cultural influence of Greater Gandhara extended westwards into the Kabul valley in Afghanistan, and northwards up to the ...
Kharosthi includes only one standalone vowel character, which is used for initial vowels in words. [ citation needed ] Other initial vowels use the a character modified by diacritics. Each syllable includes the short /a/ sound by default [ citation needed ] , with other vowels being indicated by diacritic marks.
Von Hinüber (1982b and 1983) has pointed out incompletely Sanskritised Gāndhārī words in works heretofore ascribed to the Sarvāstivādins and drew the conclusion that either the sectarian attribution had to be revised, or the tacit dogma "Gāndhārī equals Dharmaguptaka" is wrong. Conversely, Dharmaguptakas also resorted to Sanskrit.
Wood carving of a gandharva, Thailand. A gandharva (Sanskrit: गन्धर्व, lit. 'musician') is a member of a class of celestial beings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, whose males are divine performers such as musicians and singers, and the females are divine dancers.
Gandhari is introduced in the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata as the daughter of King Subala, the ruler of the Gandhara kingdom and a descendant of Turvasu (son of Yayati) of the Lunar Dynasty. This region spanned from the Sindhu River to Kabul in Afghanistan. [1] Gandhari is regarded as an incarnation of a goddess named Mati ('intellect'). [5]