vina
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vina
First recorded in 1780–90, vina is from the Sanskrit word vīṇā
Example Sentences
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We see a woman pining in a forest alongside a vina, a plucked string instrument with two hollow spheres for resonance; between her and the sky is a brilliant field of solid red.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2016
For a quarter of an hour, the vina mewed and whinnied while no one moved.
From Time Magazine Archive
The invention of the vina, a kind of lute, belongs to Narada, the son of Brahma.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Whereupon his Holiness pronounced it to be nectar, surpassing all other wines, exclaiming with ready wit, "Summum Pontificum talia vina decent."
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
At Brahma's command, his consort, Sarisvati, goddess of speech and oratory, brought music to man, incidentally giving the Hindoos their finest musical instrument, the vina.
From Woman's Work in Music by Elson, Arthur
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