Essay name: Musical Instruments in Sanskrit Literature
Author:
S. Karthick Raj KMoundinya
Affiliation: University of Madras / Department of Sanskrit
The essay studies the Musical Instruments in Sanskrit Literature and its relationship with the South Indian musical tradition. The study emphasizes the universal appeal of music and documents how it pervades various aspects of life, art, literature, painting, and sculpture.
Chapter 1 - Introduction: Musical instruments in India
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The N膩rad墨ya Sik峁Ｄ� also gives the explanation for the word '峁dja'
as follows:
啶呧い啷嵿ぐ 啶ㄠぞ啶班う啶距う啷嵿く啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶え啶苦ぐ啷嵿さ啶氞え啶啶距ぐ啷嵿し啷佮 啶ㄠぞ啶膏ぞ啶� 啶曕ぃ啷嵿啶啶班じ啷嵿い啶距げ啷� 啶溹た啶灌啶掂ぞ啶� 啶︵え啷嵿い啶距啶多啶�
啶膏啶多啶班た啶む 啷� 啶粪ぁ啷嵿き啷嵿く啶膏啶む啷嵿啶距く啶む 啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶距い啷嵿い啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啶粪ぁ啷嵿 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶� 啷�
[atra n膩rad膩dy膩 n膩manirvacanamak膩r峁岣� n膩s膩峁� ka峁囜弓hamurast膩lu jihv膩峁� dant膩峁兣沜a
sa峁兣況ita岣� | 峁岣峛hyastajj膩yate yasm膩ttasm膩t 峁岣峧a ity膩di |
] N膩radiya Siks膩 鈥� I 鈥� 5,4
Here seers like N膩rada etc, while explaining the nomenclature,
elucidate the word '峁dja' as that which is born out of six modes such as
nose, throat, chest, palatal, tongue and teeth.
Origin of N膩da is mentioned in P膩峁噄niya Sik峁Ｄ�. When Atman
wants to speak, it stirs up the mental faculty, which in turn stirs the
'anala' (fire) in the body. And the mind stimulated by Agni rises up and
passes through the heart, throat, head palate, teeth, nose, lips and jaws,
and the N膩da is produced.
啶嗋啶距ざ 啶掂ぞ啶 啶啶班き啶掂 啶多ぐ啷�啶班い啶距い啷� 啶膏ぎ啷佮啷嵿啶班え啷� 啶掂啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶啶啶むた 啶ㄠぞ啶︵ 啷�
啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啷囙し啷� 啶啶班さ啶苦き啶溹啶ぎ啶距え啷� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶む啶掂ぎ啶距啶氞啶涏い啶� 啶 啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啷�
[膩k膩艣a v膩yu prabhava岣� 艣ar墨rat膩t samuccaran vaktramupaiti n膩da岣� ||
sth膩n膩ntare峁 pravibhajyam膩no var峁嘺tvam膩gacchati ya岣� sa 艣abda岣� ||
] P膩峁噄niya Sik峁Ｄ� s奴trap膩峁環a 1.
The P膩峁噄niya Sik峁Ｄ� also describes the production of sound
springing out from the naval, its mode of production and place of
pronunciation.
啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶ㄠぞ啶た啶啶班う啷囙ざ啶距い啷� 啶啶班く啶む啶ㄠお啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぐ啶苦い啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶｀ 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶啶班啶班啶о啶掂ぎ啶距啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶� - 啶嗋う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶�
啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ啶え啷嵿く啶むぎ啶膏啶た啶ㄠ 啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶班く啶む啶ㄠ啶� 啶掂た啶оぞ啶班啶い啷� 啷�
啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠぎ啶苦う啶� 啶曕ぐ啶｀ぎ啶苦う啶� 啶啶班く啶む啶� 啶忇し 啶︵啶掂た啶оぞ啶洁え啶苦げ啶� 啷�
啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶∴く啶むた, 啶掂啶む啶むた啶曕ぞ啶班 啶啶班啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶忇し啷嬥そ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶た啶むげ啶距い啷� 啷�
[tatra n膩bhiprade艣膩t prayatnaprerita岣� pr膩峁噊 n膩ma v膩yur奴rdhvam膩kr膩mannura - 膩d墨n膩峁�
sth膩n膩n膩manyatamasmin sth膩ne prayatnena vidh膩ryate |
sth膩namida峁� kara峁嘺mida峁� prayatna e峁 dvidh膩'nila岣� |
sth膩na峁� p墨岣峚yati, v峁泃tik膩ra岣� prakrama e峁'tha n膩bhital膩t ||
] P膩峁噄niya Sik峁Ｄ� s奴trap膩峁環a 4.
This pr膩峁嘺 (life-force) then, springs out upwards from the navel
region through the various modes and parts of speech, which are called
sth膩nas. This effort is two fold such as sth膩na and kara峁嘺. Sth膩na is the
place of production and karana is the part of the body that is involved in
the sound production.
