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sruti box

sruti box is the alternative form of shruti box.

Meaning of shruti box

Noun

shruti box (plural shruti boxes)

  1. A musical instrument resembling a harmonium, used to provide a droning accompaniment in Indian classical music.
    • During the “Gayatri Mantra” her voice soared over the hypnotic drone that one hand coaxed from her shruti box, while the other hand energetically massaged the air.2006 December 2, Vivien Schweitzer, “Prayer, Texts and Chants, Along With Some Improv”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    surpeti

Forms of sruti box

pluralsruti boxes

Questions about sruti box

What is sruti box the alternative form of?
Sruti box is the alternative form of shruti box.

Words near sruti box in the dictionary

  1. SRTM
  2. SRU
  3. srub
  4. SRUs
  5. sruti
  6. sruti box
  7. sruti boxes
  8. srutis
  9. SRV
  10. SRVL
  11. SRVs

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