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mrudangam

mrudangam 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 mrudangam

pluralmrudangams

Questions about mrudangam

What is mrudangam the alternative form of?
Mrudangam is the alternative form of mridangam.

Words near mrudangam in the dictionary

  1. Mrses.
  2. MRSI
  3. MRT
  4. MRTs
  5. MRU
  6. mrudangam
  7. mrudangams
  8. mrUHPC
  9. Mrus
  10. Mruses
  11. MRV

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