Reply To: gandhabba as explained elsewhere October 19, 2019 at 4:44 am #25216 SengKiatKeymaster From the Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera there are two meanings for gandhabba: gandhabba :[m.] 1. a musician; a heavenly musician belonging to the demigods; 2. a being ready to take a new existence.