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པི་ཝང་། | Glossary of Terms
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པི་བང་།
- པི་ཝང་།
- pi wang
- pi bang
- vīṇā
- vīṇa
- vīnā
- Term
- vīṇa
- པི་ཝང་།
- pi wang
- vīṇa
Presently this refers to the “Indian lute,” made with two gourds, and has been translated into Tibetan as the piwang, the traditional Tibetan stringed instrument. The term has been used as a general term for many stringed instruments in India in the past.
- vīṇā
- པི་བང་།
- pi bang
- vīṇā
- vīṇā
- པི་ཝང་།
- pi wang
- vīṇā
A family of Indian chordophone instruments.
- vīṇā
- པི་བང་།
- pi bang
- vīṇā
A stringed instrument, similar to a sitar or lute, that is used in Indian classical music, especially of the Karnatak (South Indian) style.
- vīnā
- པི་ཝང་།
- pi wang
- vīnā
A stringed instrument, similar to a lute, that is used in Indian classical music, especially of the Carnatic (South Indian) style.
- lute
- པི་བང་།
- pi bang
- vīṇā
A traditional Indian stringed instrument, much like a sitar.
- lute
- པི་ཝང་།
- pi wang
- vīṇā