Note 20 — BOOK I.
Reading edition
p. 5. l. 7. Gandharvas. Celestial choristers, of beautiful forms and complexion, usually seen in Hindu sculptures attendant on the deities.
Celestial genii tow'rd their king advance (So called by men) in heaven Gandharvas named, For matchless music famed. Soon when the bands in lucid rows assemble, Flutes breathe, and citherns tremble.
Sir W. Jones, Ode to Indra.—See Ramayana, l. 125.