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
It is true, she played upon his faculties, as the Hindus play upon the vina, that strange, sensitive, oriental harp with a dozen strings, of which the musician touches but one.
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort
But since I came here I have felt suddenly many a time as if somebody were playing on a vina below my window.
From The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore
In the mythology of the Hindoos, the god Nareda is the inventor of the vina, the principal musical instrument of Hindoostan.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by O. E. (Osgood Eaton) Fuller
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