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Source: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study

Vādyabhāṇḍa (वाद्यभाण्ड) is a general name for “musical instruments” that existed in ancient Kashmir (Kaśmīra) as mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa.—The Nīlamata says that the land of Kaśmīra was thronged with ever-sportive and joyful people enjoying continuous festivities. Living amidst scenes of sylvan beauty they played, danced and sang to express their joys, to mitigate their pains, to please their gods and to appease their demons.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vādyabhāṇḍa (वाद्यभाण्ड).—

1) a band of music, a number of musical instruments.

2) a musical instrument.

Derivable forms: vādyabhāṇḍam (वाद्यभाण्डम्).

Vādyabhāṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vādya and bhāṇḍa (भाण्ड).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vādyabhāṇḍa (वाद्यभाण्ड).—(nt.; Sanskrit Lex. id.), musical instru- ment: caturvidhā °ḍa-vṛkṣā Divyāvadāna 221.24 (supernatural trees that bear mus. instr.); according to [Boehtlingk] also reported by Kern from Saddharmapuṇḍarīka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vādyabhāṇḍa (वाद्यभाण्ड).—n.

(-ṇḍaṃ) 1. A multitude of musical instruments, a band. 2. Any musical instrument. E. vādya a musical instrument, and bhāṇḍa assemblage or vessel.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vādyabhaṇḍa (वाद्यभण्ड):—[=vādya-bhaṇḍa] [from vādya > vāda] n. a mus° inst°, [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]

2) [v.s. ...] a multitude of mus° inst°, bind, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vādyabhāṇḍa (वाद्यभाण्ड):—[vādya-bhāṇḍa] (ṇḍaṃ) 1. n. A musical band or instrument.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vadyabhanda in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vādyabhāṃḍa (ವಾದ್ಯಭಾಂಡ):—[noun] any of several china cups used to play music; a cup of a jalataranga.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Vadya, Bhanda.

Starts with: Vadyabhandamukha.

Full-text: Vadyabhandamukha, Bhandavadya, Vaktravadya, Nakhavadya, Gatravadya.

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