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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The sound of the Sankha and Dundubhi drum is used as a signal.
啶むじ啷嵿啶� 啶呧ぎ啶苦い啷嵿ぐ 啶呧き啷嵿く啶距啶 啶多啷嵿啶︵啶ㄠ啶︵啶た 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啶呧啷嵿ぐ啶距す啷嵿く啶距 啶曕啶班啶啶�
啶多啶� 啶掂啶曕啶粪ぞ啶оた啶班啶⑧ぞ啶掂ぞ啶多啶樴啶� 啶掂ぞ啶灌え啶� 啶掂ぞ
[taskara amitra abhy膩game 艣a峁卥hadundubhi 艣abda峁� agr膩hy膩岣� kuryu岣�
艣aila v峁沰峁Ｄ乨hir奴岣峢膩v膩艣墨ghra v膩han膩 v膩
] Artha艣膩stra (2.34.10)
Hunters with their hounds shall reconnoitre forests. At the
approach of thieves or enemies, they shall so hide themselves by
ascending trees or mountains as to escape from the thieves, and blow
conch-shells or beat drums.
Dundubhi drum and Sankha
啶むい啶膏啶むう啷嵿さ啷嵿く啶炧啶溹え啶距 啶啶班ぎ啶む啶� 啶掂ぇ啶さ啶膏啶曕え啷嵿う 啶啶班い啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶灌 啶呧き啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶灌ぐ啶｀
啶啶粪啶犩い啶� 啶多啷嵿 啶︵啶ㄠ啶︵啶た 啶多が啷嵿う啷囙え 啶掂ぞ 啶啶班さ啶苦し啷嵿啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距さ啷囙う啶啶啶�
[tatastadvya帽jan膩岣� pramatta vadhamavaskanda pratigraha峁� abhiprahara峁嘺峁�
p峁涐梗峁環ata岣� 艣a峁卥ha dundubhi 艣abdena v膩 pravi峁ａ弓a峁� ity膩vedayeyu岣�
] Artha艣膩stra (13.3.46)
Then spies, disguised as priests, may announce to the enemy,
blowing their conch shells and beating their drums, that a besieging
army, eager to destroy all, and armed with weapons, is coming closely
behind them.
Dundubhi
啶膏う啷佮え啷嵿う啷佮き啶苦 啶夃げ啷嵿啶距 啶� 啶ぐ啶膏啶� 啶ㄠ啷嵿し啶む啶班 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶啶啶�
[sadundubhi峁� ulk膩峁� ca parasya nak峁tre dar艣ayeyu岣�
] Artha艣膩stra (13.1.10)
The men, who are soothsayers to the king, should not only
attribute the contrary to his enemy, but also show to the enemy's people
the shower of firebrand (ulk膩) with the noise of drums (from the sky) on
the day of the birth-star of the enemy.
