India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s14.7

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s14.7

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c8.s14.7

INSTRUMENTS—Amongst stringed instruments the lyre (*vīṇā*) is mentioned. The term *upavīṇayati*, 'sings with the lyre,' points to the popular practice of combining vocal and instrumental music. Singing without lyre was denoted by the expression *apavīṇam* (VI.2.187). The musical notes produced from a lyre were known as *nikvaṇa* or *nikvāṇa* (III.3.65, *Kvaṇo vīṇāyāṁ cha*).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit