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Veena

The veena, also spelled vina (Sanskrit: वीणा IAST: vīṇā), is any of various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps. The many regional designs have different names such as the Rudra veena, the Saraswati veena, the Vichitra veena and others.

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String instruments
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Veena has applied to stringed instruments in Indian written records since at least 1000 BCE. Instruments using the name have included forms of arched harp and musical bow, lutes…
Other names
Vina

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related to Types · 75
Veena → According, Akbar, Alain Daniélou, Also, Amir Khusro, An, Andhra Pradesh, Arabic, Being, Bobbili, Bobbili Veena, Cauvery, CE, Chitra, Delhi Sultanate, Eka-tantri, Gottuvadhyam, Hawaiian, Hinduism, Historical
related to history · 18
Veena → According, Atharvaveda, BCE, In, Indian, It, Narada, Rigveda, Samaveda, Sanskrit, Shatapatha Brahmana, Suneera Kasliwal, Taittiriya Samhita, Tanpura, The, The Sanskrit, Upanishads, Vedic
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Veena → Alain Danielou, Department, Ethnomusicology, India Ensemble, Media, Sarod, Shahnai, Smithsonian Folkways, UCLA, UNESCOMusic, Veenas, Vichitra Veena, Wikimedia Commons Rudra Veena, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to The early Gupta veena: depiction and playing technique · 8
Veena → Gupta, India, It, One, Samudragupta, Samudragupta's, The Veena Cave, Udayagiri
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Veena → String instruments
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Veena → Veena has applied to stringed instruments in Indian written records since at least 1000 BCE. Instruments using the name have included forms of arched harp and musical bow, lutes…
Other names · 1
Veena → Vina
is a · 1
Veena → fretted veena

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indian instrument music isbn strings string saraswati one instruments ancient classical sitar rudra zither used lute harp arched north musical

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VeenaClassificationString instruments1.00infobox
VeenaDevelopedVeena has applied to stringed instruments in Indian written records since at least 1000 BCE. Instruments using the name have included forms of arched harp and musical bow, lutes…1.00infobox
VeenaOther namesVina1.00infobox
Veenais afretted veena0.90text
the Rudra veenainstance ofThe many regional designs have different names0.80text
the Saraswati veenainstance ofThe many regional designs have different names0.80text
the Vichitra veenainstance ofThe many regional designs have different names0.80text
others.The North Indian rudra veenainstance ofThe many regional designs have different names0.80text
used in Hindustani classical musicinstance ofThe many regional designs have different names0.80text
is a stick zitherinstance ofThe many regional designs have different names0.80text
the Shatapatha Brahmanainstance ofSamaveda and other Vedic literature0.80text
Taittiriya Samhita.In the ancient textsinstance ofSamaveda and other Vedic literature0.80text

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