History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.764

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¹⁰⁷⁸ The word 'nāḍī' and 'nāḍikā' have several meanings, viz. flute, tube or pipe, vein or artery, one half muhūrta. 'Nāḍindhama' means a goldsmith (because he makes the fire flame up by blowing on it from a tube) From Kāṭhakasaṃhitā 23. 4 (Saiṣā vanaspatisu vāg-vadati yā nāḍyāṃ yā tūṇave) it appears that nāḍī was a musical instrument that produced sounds (a trumpet or the like).