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 4 - A comparative study of the references to Musical Instruments
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Tolk膩ppiyam, the earliest available work, belongs to the second
Cankam period. The available works reveal that the arts, especially
music and dance, were part of the Tamil s' life. References to music and
dance are to be found in all these Cankam works, though their main
topics are varied.
Tolk膩ppiyam speaks of music as that which blends with musical
instruments as seen below.
喈囙畾喁堗喁嵿喁� 喈囙畾喁� 喈嗋畷喁佮喁�
icaippu icai 膩kum
Tolk膩ppiyam II-8-12
Each region has its own identity like its God, food, animal, tree,
drink, drum (parai), occupation, lute (yal) respectively.
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喈氞瘑喈瘝喈む 喈喈脆喈┼瘝 喈畷喁佮喈苦喁娻疅喁� 喈む瘖喈曕瘓
teyvam u峁嚹乿膿 m膩 maram pu岣� parai
ceyti yalin pakutiyotu tokai
Tolk膩ppiyam III-1-20
The concept of bifurcation of the land in to fivefold, its deity, its
drum, its Pan, which has been discussed before, can be seen mentioned
in Tolk膩ppiyam in the following verses.
喈瘉喈む喁娻疅喁� 喈瘉喈｀喁嵿喁嵿 喈喈脆瘚喈班瘝 喈瘒喈┼喈掂喁�
喈呧喁佮畽喁� 喈氞喈编喁嵿喈苦喁� 喈愢喁嵿喈苦喈瘝 喈瘑喈编瘉喈瘒
mutalotu punarnta y膩l艒r m膿nataval
arun cirappin innilam perum膿
Tolk膩ppiyam III-3-16
