Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s5.12

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⁹⁰ Sū 64. The Bṛh. Bhā Pi (p. 12) mentions the twelve musical instruments bham-bhā, mukunda, maddala, kadamba or kadava, jhallari, hudukka, kamsāle, kāhala, talimā, vamsa, panava and sankha, see also Bṛh Bhā Pi 24, also Bhag 5 4, Jīvā 3, p 145 a, Jambu 2, p 100 f, Anu Sū 127, Nisī cū 17, p 1158. The last mentioned work adds damaruga, vīṇā, dhankuna and the like The Ācā (II 391) adds lattiya and kirikiriyā The Sūya (4 2 7) mentions kukkayaya (lute) and venupalāsīya lute, the latter was a thin piece of bamboo or bark held between the teeth and the left hand, and played by the right hand just like a vīṇā (com) Also see Sangīta-ratnākara, chapter 6 where the details of the musical instruments are given. The Rāmāyaṇa, V 11, 38 ff. mentions madduka, pataha, vamsa, vipañcī, mṛdaṅga, panava, dindima, ādambara and kalasī, also see Mahābhā. VII 82 4.