Veena
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The veena, also spelled vina, is any of various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps.
Plaque with a dancer and a veena (harp) player 1st century B.C.
India, ca. 450-490 CE, Ajanta Caves. A Kinnara holding a lute-type veena, possibly a kacchapī veena (Sanskrit for "tortoise veena"). No description survives to go with name.
Embekka Devalaya temple, Sri Lanka. A Kinnari holds an ālāpīni vīnī, a type of stick-zither with a half gourd used for the resonator.
Coin ca. 335-380 CE. (Front side) Samudragupta seated left on a low couch or throne, playing veena set on his knees. (Reverse side) Lakshmi seated left on wicker stool, holding diadem and cornucopia.
Saraswati
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Saraswati, also spelled as Sarasvati, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, speech, arts, poetry, music, creativity, sciences, purifi
Veena
…Indian ragas. It has been a popular instrument in Indian classical music, and one revered in the Indian culture by its inclusion in the iconography of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of arts and learning. The Sanskrit word veena (वीणा) in ancient and medieval Indian literature is a generic term for plucked string…
Painting of Sarasvati by Raja Ravi Varma
19th Century Mysore Painting of Saraswati.
Saraswati, 3rd century CE with veena, Manasa-Mandsaur area.
Saraswati with attendants, marble sculpture, c. 900 CE