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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 5 - Conclusion

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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The Great Acārya, Sankara Bagavadpāda exemplifies Dēvi Mīnākṣi
as Vīṇ� Vēṇu Mṛdanga Vādyarasikām in Mīnākṣi Pañcaratnam. In the
stōtras attributed to Kālidāsa we come across such expressions as
in Syāmalā Dandakam,
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īṇāmܱ貹ⲹԳپ
Viṇāsaṃkrāntahastām in Navaratna mālikā stōtram etc.
श्रीमत्सुन्दरनायकी� भयहरां ज्ञानप्रदा� निर्मलां
श्यामाभा� कमलासनार्चितपदां नारायणस्यानुजाम् �
वीणावेणुमृदङ्गवाद्यरसिका� नानाविराडम्बिकां
मीनाक्षी� प्रणतोऽस्म� सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारां विधिम् �
[śrīmatsundaranāyakī� bhayaharā� jñānapradā� nirmalā�
śyāmābhā� kamalāsanārcitapadā� nārāyaṇasyānujām |
vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgavādyarasikā� nānāvirāḍambikā�
mīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamaha� kāruṇyavārā� vidhim ||
]
Mināksi Pañcaratnam - Verse 4
माणिक्कवीणामुपलालयन्ती� मदालसा� मञ्जुलवाक्विलासाम् �
माहेन्द्रनीलद्युतिकोमलाङ्गी� मातङ्गकन्यां मनसा स्मराम� �
[māṇikkavīṇāmupalālayantī� madālasā� mañjulavākvilāsām |
māhendranīladyutikomalāṅgī� mātaṅgakanyā� manasā smarāmi ||
]
śyamala Dandakam � Dhyāna Ślokam 2
सरिगमपदनिरता� ता� वीणासंक्रान्ताहस्तां ता�
कुचभरतांता� नमाम� शिवकान्ताम� �
-
[sarigamapadaniratā� tā� vīṇāsaṃkrāntāhastā� tā�
kucabharatāṃtā� namāmi śivakāntām ||
-
]
Devi Navaratna Malika Stotram - Verse 2
In temples of the South, Lord Dakṣiṇāmūrti is worshipped with a
Vīṇ� in his hands. Lord Siva was known as 'Vīṇ� Gāna Priya'. Saint
Tyāgarāja in the kriti 'Mokṣamu galadā' in rāga Sāramathi says 'Vīṇ�
vādana Lōluḍau Śivamanō Vidhamēruga'
The specialty of Vīṇ� is that it produces all the gamakas or graces
of Indian Music. Both the Lakṣya and Lakṣaṇa forms of music are
possible in Vīṇ� playing. These gamakas are categorized as ten in
number.

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