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mrdangam

mrdangam 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 mrdangam

pluralmrdangams

Questions about mrdangam

What is mrdangam the alternative form of?
Mrdangam is the alternative form of mridangam.

Words near mrdangam in the dictionary

  1. MRCS
  2. MRCSC
  3. MRCSCs
  4. MRCVS
  5. MRD
  6. mrdangam
  7. mrdangams
  8. MRDD
  9. MRDP theorem
  10. MRDs
  11. MRE

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