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What musical instruments have been referred to, even in our Vedas?
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Veena, Venu
(flute) and Mridangam
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Priya Suresh
Though not 100% sure, this is the information gathered through the internet. Veena is one of the three celestial musical instruments, having references from vedic times (along with Flute and Mridangam).
My favourite is the flute as it is blessed to be in the hands of Sri Krishna and is
synonymous with Him!
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s.chandrashekar
I have heard by my
Gurudev telling in his
discourse that the three
instruments which are
referred in Vedas are
Veena, Flute and
Mridangam.
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Lakshmi
Veena & Mridangam
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krithika
I think
veena.flute,tambura
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V. Lakshmi
Veena, Mirudhangam
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Balasubramanian.V
:Lord Krishna's
Flute(Bansuri), Naradha
Maharishi's Thambura,
Saraswathi's Veena and
Drum(Dundubhi).
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Krithika
Tambura, Flute, Veena & Mridangam.
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Jayalakshmi
Though I know 3 musical
instruments are
mentioned in the vedas
..Veena, bansi(flute)
and mridangam, on
thinking I have the
following to share.
Lord Nataraja has
damaru(drums) in his
hands; and
anklets(salangai).
Conch(panchajanjam) held
in Krishna's hand is
also a musical
instrument because it
produces the sound
OM..which is premordial
first sound, called the
Nada Brahman and the
purest sound ever made.
The following
information I gathered
from the internet:-
Sama veda refers to
Veena.The 24 frets in
the veena representing
the 24 syllables of
Gayathri manthra; and in
the yoga sasthra, the
human body represents
the veena and the 24
frets refer to the 24 in
the spinal chord.
Natya sastra refers to:
String instruments -
both bowed and
plucked(chordophone -
Tata vadhyams)- eg.
kanda, godha and vana
are names of different
veena vadhyams
wind instruments -
Sushira vadyas (Aerophones)-Toona,
vamsi and nadi are
different varieties of
flute
percusion or skin
covered
vadhyams(Membrama
phones, - Avanaada)
Bhoomi dhundhubhi,
dhundhubi and vanspati,
madduka, dindima ---
different variesties of
drums
ghana and aghati - names
of cymbols.
There are mentions about
the sounds of natural
forces like fire, air,
thunder and water
producing music
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ganga
veena
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Lalitha Ramachandran
Flute,Veena and
Mridangam
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Veeraraghavan K L
Veena, Venu(flute) & Mridhangam
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R Vasantharajan
Flute, Veena, Damaru, Mridangam
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