Vedic Mythology c5.s8.t2.26

c5.s8.t2.26

There are only two or three references to their physical appearance in the RV. They are wind-haired (3, 38⁶) and Gandharva has brilliant weapons (10, 123⁷). The AV. is more definite (especially 4, 37; 8, 6¹ ff.). Here they are said to be shaggy and to have half animal forms, being in many ways dangerous to men. Elsewhere, however, they are spoken of as handsome (ŚB. 13, 4, 3⁷. ⁸). The RV. adds the touch that Gandharva wears a fragrant (*surabhi*) garment (10, 123⁷), while in the AV. (12, 1²³) the odour (*gandha*) of the earth is said to rise to the Gandharvas.