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the fragrant or incense mountains, so called because the Gandharvas do not drink wine or eat meat, but feed on incense or fragrance and give off fragrant odours. As musicians of Indra, or in the retinue of Dhṛtarāṣtra, they are said to be the same as, or similar to, the Kinnaras. They are, or according to M. W., Dhṛtarāṣtra is associated with (sa) soma, the moon, and with medicine. They cause ecstasy, are erotic, and the patrons of marriageable girls; the (sa) apsaras are their wives, and both are patrons of dicers.