[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c29.717 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.717 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.717 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.717](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.717) Beluvapaṇḍuvinā.—The lute carried by Pañcasikha (\*q.v.\*); it belonged originally to Māra. When Māra, after wasting seven years trying in vain to discover some shortcoming in the Buddha—six years before the Enlightenment and one year after it—left the Buddha in disgust and weariness, the lute which he carried on his shoulder slipped and fell. Sakka picked it up and gave it to Pañcasikha. It was so powerful that when plucked with the fingers the lovely music produced echoed on for four months.¹ The \*vīṇā\* was three gāvutas in length² and had fifty trestles.³ The Sumaṅgala Vilāsinī⁴ describes it at length. It was pale yellow, like a ripe \*beluva\*-fruit. Its base (\*pokkhara\*) was of gold, its stem of sapphire its strings of silver, and its knots (\*vethikā\*) of coral. The \*vīṇā\* was probably so called partly because its base was made of a \*bilva\*-fruit, instead of the usual gourd, and partly because of its colour. - [Previous: v2.c29.716](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.716) - [Next: v2.c29.718](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.718) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.717](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.717) · Pramāṇa