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(Hinduism) (Sanskrit)

  1. extraordinarily beautiful demigod singers and musicians (see also Apsara);
  2. a marriage where the "eye meets eye and the marriage is performed". This marriage without rites or rituals was allowed only to kshatriyas, the warrior caste. All the great romances of Sanskrit literature are based on the Gandharva marriage. Also the type of marriage normally prescribed for members of the trititya-prakriti genders.

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