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mirudhangam

mirudhangam is the alternative form of mridangam.

Meaning of mridangam

Noun

mridangam (plural mridangams)

  1. A percussion instrument used in southern Indian music, consisting of a two-sided drum whose body is usually made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood.
    • A sarangi player set the tone and Kalavati began to sing in her sweet, melodious voce; mridangam and sitar accompanied her.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 145

Forms of mirudhangam

pluralmirudhangams

Questions about mirudhangam

What is mirudhangam the alternative form of?
Mirudhangam is the alternative form of mridangam.

Words near mirudhangam in the dictionary

  1. mirthsome
  2. mirthsomeness
  3. mirthy
  4. mirtron
  5. mirtrons
  6. mirudhangam
  7. mirudhangams
  8. mirusvirus
  9. mirusviruses
  10. miruthangam
  11. miruthangams

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