The Music of Hindostan c8.s1.25

c8.s1.25

With the drum (*dundubhi*) of the Vedas are mentioned the flute (*vāṇā*), which is heard in the abode of Yāma (death), the lute (*vīṇā*), often called 'seven-stringed' (*saptatantrī*),² which, in the Sūtras, is played at the sacrifice to the Manes, and the cymbals (*āghāṭa*, lit. something struck), to accompany the dance.