Meaning of veena | Babel Free

Definitions

A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music.

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Examples

“When he wanted to test⟳ any of the principles he was enunciating or elucidating, he went over to the veena which sits in a glass case now and played for hours and substantially extended the vocabulary and scope of the instrument.”

“Shanmugavadivu continued to earn⟳ her income through her veena performances, and by introducing her daughters to the stage⟳ as soon as they were able.”

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