Tanpura
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The tanpura is a long-necked, plucked, four-stringed instrument originating in the Indian subcontinent, found in various forms in Indian music. Visually, the tanpura resembles a simplified sitar or si
Pandit with tanpura
A woman playing the tanpura, ca. 1735
Side view of tanpura bridge
Top view of tanpura bridge
Pandit
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A pandit is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Sanskrit or Hinduism, particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-era lit
Tanpura
…Tanpura Pandit with tanpura Other names tambura tanpuri tamboura tanpoura Classification Stringed instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.321 (Necked bowl…
A flyer advertising Sakharam Ganesh Pandit in Kilbourn, Wisconsin c.1910
1816 painting of Colin Mackenzie and three pandits
A young pandit holding the lamp of fire