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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Aripparai is a drum, referred, which was used by farmers, to drive
away pigeons.
喈曕喈� 喈氞瘉喈编瘝喈编喈� 喈掂喈赤瘓 喈曕喈┼,
喈呧喈苦喈编瘓喈喈编瘝 喈瘉喈赤瘝 喈赤瘚喈瘝喈瘉喈ㄠ瘝喈む瘉
kali surriya vilai kalanI,
ariparaiy膩r pul l玫ppuntu
Ettutokai-Puran膩n奴ru 396 lines 2,3
Parip膩峁璦l, another work under the E峁弓utokai, speaks of the seven
notes (p膩lai 膿lu), the strings (narampu), the flute (kulal) and the drum
(mulavu) accompanying the dance (膩tal) of the womenfolk.
喈瘉喈班 喈ㄠ喈瘝喈瘉 喈囙喁嵿畷喁娻喁堗喁� 喈瘉喈曕喁� 喈喈侧瘓 喈忇喁佮喁�
喈庎喁� 喈夃喁� 喈瘉喈｀喁� 喈喈脆瘉喈瘝, 喈囙畾喁堗喁佮喁�,喈曕瘋喈�,
喈曕瘉喈脆喁� 喈呧喈ㄠ瘝喈む瘉 喈ㄠ喈编瘝喈�; 喈瘉喈脆喁� 喈庎喁佮喁嵿喁� 喈嗋喁嵿喁嵿;
喈喁� 喈畷喈赤喈班瘝, 喈曕瘑喈┼瘝喈┼喈喁�, 喈嗋疅喈侧瘝 喈む瘖喈熰畽喁嵿畷
puri narampu inko岣穉ip pukal p膩lai 膿岣穟m
el奴 up punar y膩lum, icaiyum, k奴ta,
kulal alantu nirpa; mulavu eluntu 膩rppa;
man makalir, kenniyar, 膩峁璦l to峁璦nka
Ettutokai - Parip膩tal Tiratu -7-Vaiyai - 80
Further, the work mentions the concept of mud smearing on the
drum (man ka峁嘺i mulavu). It also refers the finesse in the instruments
like harp (naly膩l) and flute (tim kulal). The drum (tuti) leading the
dance (natan).
喈喁� 喈曕喁� 喈瘉喈脆喈苦喁� 喈囙喁� 喈曕喁� 喈囙喈苦喁嵿喈苦喁嵿畷喁�
喈庎喈苦喁嵿喈瘖喈班瘉喈掂- 喈ㄠ喁嵿喈距喁� 喈囙喈苦 - 喈娻喁� 喈氞瘈喈班瘝喈む瘝喈む瘈喈瘝 喈曕瘉喈脆喁� 喈囙喈瘝喈�
喈む瘉喈熰喈氞瘝 喈氞瘈喈班瘝 喈ㄠ疅喈む瘝喈� 喈掂喈� 喈ㄠ疅喈┼瘝
man kanai mulavin in kan imilvirku
etirvaporuvi - naly膩l imila - 奴tu cirttim kulal iyampa
tu峁璱c c墨r na峁璦tta vali natan
Ettutokai - Parip膩tal Tiratu - 22 -Vaiyai - 40 & 42
