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 3 - Musical Instruments of India (with reference to Sanskrit literary sources)
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Bheri- Mrdanga
啶むい啶� 啶多啶多啶班啶掂啶班ぞ啶曕啶班啶粪啶熰 啶侧啷嵿啶距く啶距 啶曕ぞ啶ㄠえ啷屶啶膏 啷�
啶啶班啶啶︵啷嵿啶膏啶樴啶粪啶熰 啶む啶啶侧 啶班啶す啶班啶粪ぃ啶 啷�
[tata岣� 艣u艣ruvur膩kru峁ａ弓a峁� la峁卥膩y膩峁� k膩nanaukasa岣� |
bher墨m峁沝a峁単asa峁僩hu峁ａ弓a峁� tumula峁� romahar峁峁嘺m ||
] R膩m膩yana (VI-24-3)
The sounds of Bheri and M峁沝anga resounded in the quarters of
Lanka that horripulated the hair of the folk.
Plectrum used for V墨n膩
啶� 啶溹ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶むた 啶啶班ぞ 啶掂啶班啶 啶ぎ 啶啶︵啶о 啶� 啶班ぞ啶樴さ啶� 啷�
啶ぎ 啶氞ぞ啶ぎ啶啶� 啶掂啶｀ぞ啶� 啶多ぐ啶曕啶｀啶� 啶啶班さ啶距う啶苦い啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
[na j膩n膩ti pur膩 v墨rya峁� mama yuddhe sa r膩ghava岣� |
mama c膩pamay墨峁� v墨峁嚹佱箖 艣arako峁嘺i岣� prav膩dit膩m ||
] R膩m膩yana (VI-24-43)
R膩va峁嘺 threatens and speaks high of his valour that R膩ma doesn't
know his strength that he once devastated the world by playing his
mighty blow as a stringed V墨峁嚹�, with the help of Plectrum in the form of
arrows.
That the drums were used as a means conveying a message is
confirmed by a reference.
啶多啶樴啶班 啶啶班 啶ㄠた啶ㄠぞ啶︵啶� 啶膏啶啶� 啶曕啶� 啶嗋す啶む啶� 啶 啷�
啶膏ぎ啶距え啶ぇ啷嵿さ啶� 啶膏啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶掂啷嵿い啶掂啶 啶� 啶� 啶曕ぞ啶班ぃ啶 啷�
啶ㄠた
[艣墨ghra峁� bher墨 nin膩dena sphu峁璦 ko峁嘺 膩hatena me |
sam膩nayadhva峁� sainy膩n墨 vaktavya峁� ca na k膩ra峁嘺m ||
ni
] R膩m膩yana (VI-32-43)
By a sound of a drum beaten audibly with a drumstick,
immediately summon all my forces. Do not tell them the reason for
which I am calling.
