Wade-Giles: ch'ien-t'o-lo

Hangul: 건다라

Korean MC: geondara

Korean MR: kŏndara

Katakana: ケンダラ

Hepburn: kendara

gandharva

• A transliteration of the Skt., meaning a heavenly musician, a kind of demigod. Cf. 健陀羅 (qián tuó luó), 乾陀羅鬼神 (qián tuó luó guǐ shén).〔道行般若經 T 224.8.470c22〕 Also written as 執樂神.[resp. Seishi Karashima; source(s): Lokaksema-AP]

Dictionary References:

Glossary of Lokakṣema's Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima), 363

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