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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啶囙い啷嵿く啶距ざ啶距 啶啶班ぎ啶ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶啶灌啶︵啶樴啶粪ぃ啷堗 啶啶班 啷�
啶膏ぞ啶多啶班啶о啶粪ぞ啶膏啶むい啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶膏啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶距ぐ啶溹啶え啷嵿い 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶む 啷むイ
[ity膩艣膩峁� bhramay膩m膩sa pa峁璦hodgho峁峁嘺i岣� pure |
s膩艣墨rdho峁Ｄ乻tata岣� paur膩statr膩rajyanta sarvata岣� ||
] R膩jatarangini (VIII-1379)
The king's troops circulated the city under the beating of drums.
The troops themselves vain in hardships, returned back, which were
being sent out, by the orders of the King.
啶啶班啶む啶班啶ぞ啶︵た啶ㄠた啶班啶樴啶粪啶班啶ㄠた啶班啶ㄠた啶︵啶班ぞ啶� 啶曕啶熰啶熰さ啶距じ啶苦え啶� 啷�
啶曕啶むぞ 啶班ぞ啶溹啶氞た啶むぞ啶曕げ啷嵿お啶お啶多啶え啷嵿え啶� 啶侧啶犩え啶 啷むイ
[bh奴r墨t奴ry膩dinirgho峁irnirnidr膩岣� ko峁弓av膩sina岣� |
k峁泃膩 r膩jocit膩kalpamapa艣yannatha lo峁環anam ||
] R膩jatarangin墨 (VIII-1826)
When then the inabitants of the castle were roused from sleep by
the sound o the Kettledrums and other musical instruments, they saw
before them Lothana with the ornaments sit for a king.
As for funeral music there is a reference in the eighth sarga.
啶掂た啶班ぐ啶距ぎ 啶むう啶� 啶︵啶多 啶� 啶啶灌ぐ啷嵿い啶お啶� 啶曕啶掂啶苦い啷� 啷�
啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶оさ啶距啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠ啶︵い啷佮ぎ啷佮げ啶� 啶啶班啶むさ啶距う啷嵿く啶す啶班啶ㄠた啶多ぎ啷� 啷むイ
[virar膩ma tad膩 de艣e na muhartamapi kvacit |
b膩ndhav膩krandatumula峁� pretav膩dyamaharni艣am ||
] R膩jatarangin墨 (VIII-1907)
Day and night there did not cease at that time anywhere in the
land, even for a moment, the tumultous wailings of relaties and funeral
music.
