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The name "rudra veena" comes from Rudra, a name for the Lord Shiva; rudra vina means "the veena of Shiva" [3] (compare Saraswati veena). [3] Lord Shiva's inspiration for creating the Rudra Veena is often attributed to his desire to communicate the profound cosmic vibrations and divine rhythms that govern the universe.
The Saraswati veena is one of 4 major types of veena today. The others include chitra veena, vichitra veena and rudra veena. Out of these the rudra and vichitra veenas are used more often in Hindustani music, while the Saraswati veena and the chitra veena are used more frequently in the Carnatic music of South India. They can be used to play ...
Mahathi - The veena of Narada (a Vedic sage). Saraswati veena - The veena of Saraswati, Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and learning. Rudra veena - As Rudra is a name for the Hindu god Shiva, rudra vina literally means "the veena dear to Shiva".
The many regional designs have different names such as the Rudra veena, the Saraswati veena, the Vichitra veena and others. [4] [5] The North Indian rudra veena, used in Hindustani classical music, is a stick zither. [1]
Third chapter describes in detail the Tat-Vadya or string instruments from Analambi, Alapini, Ektantri Veena [3] to Kand, Kinnari, Ghoshvati, Rudra, Saraswati and Vichitra Veena. Almost fifty different veenas have been individually taken up apart from some minor instruments.
[1] [2] Today, the mainstream instruments using the name veena include the Rudra veena stick zither and Saraswati veena lute. [ 42 ] In India, the vina harp had a history (as documented in sculpture) from circa 175 B.C. in the sculpture of Bharhut to artwork in circa 800 A.D. [ 3 ] In looking for origins, ethnomusicologist Curt Sachs noted that ...
Saraswati begins circumambulating him in reverence. Not wishing to keep turning his face to see her, Brahma produced faces on the sides and back of his head. Sarasvati then leapt into the sky and a fifth face emerged from Brahma, looking upwards.
Tanpuras are the only instruments that are always used with jiva-threads, except the octave-tamburis. Sitar, Rudra Veena, Sarasvati Veena, all have parabolic wide javari bridges for the main playing strings. Sarod and Sarangi have some of their sympathetic resonance strings (tarafs) on small, flat javari-bridges similar to that of the sitar.