mridanga
noun
an ancient drum of India shaped like a long conical barrel with two tuned heads of different sizes.
mridangam
-
a variation of
mridanga.
Example Sentences
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The evening will begin with a performance by Anvita Hariharan, who will play Carnatic music, a genre from southern India, on saxophone, accompanied by the mridangam drum.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2021
A young virtuoso on the mridangam — a two-headed drum used in South Indian classical music — Swaminathan writes and performs works that subtly expand on the Carnatic tradition.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
The Brooklyn Raga Massive appears here in a not-quite-colossal iteration — just Roopa Mahadevan on vocals; Anjna Swaminathan on violin; and Abhinav Seetharaman on mridangam, a Carnatic percussion instrument.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
Into their place stepped the sisters' backing musicians, led by the UK-based violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, and two players of the barrel-like mridangam hand-drums.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2010
