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sarodnoun	(music) A fretless string instrument used mainly in Indian classical music.
electric sitarnoun	(music) A type of electric guitar that mimics a sitar while being loud enough to be used in rock and pop music; it is characterized by an asymmetric body, the use of a large, flat bridge and sympathetic strings.
esrajnoun	A bowed string instrument of Indian origin, with a goatskin soundboard, sympathetic strings attached to a sitar-like neck, and twenty frets.
saranginoun	(music) A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
santoornoun	An Indian string instrument, a trapezoidal hammered dulcimer with seventy strings, believed to be derived from the Persian santur.
sympitarnoun	(music) A stringed instrument similar to a guitar with sympathetic strings like a sitar.
tanpuranoun	(music) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
sarindanoun	(music) A type of stringed instrument featuring anywhere from three to thirty strings and a hollow soundbox partially covered with an animal skin, played vertically with a bow, originating in the traditional music of India and Nepal.
surbaharnoun	A bass sitar.
sarodenoun	Alternative form of sarod. [(music) A fretless string instrument used mainly in Indian classical music.]
ectaranoun	A one-stringed musical instrument from India.
seringhinoun	Archaic form of sarangi (“string instrument”). [(music) A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.]
saringdanoun	(music) Alternative spelling of sarinda. [(music) A type of stringed instrument featuring anywhere from three to thirty strings and a hollow soundbox partially covered with an animal skin, played vertically with a bow, originating in the traditional music of India and Nepal.]
chikaranoun	A Hindu musical instrument of the violin class.
serendanoun	Alternative spelling of sarinda. [(music) A type of stringed instrument featuring anywhere from three to thirty strings and a hollow soundbox partially covered with an animal skin, played vertically with a bow, originating in the traditional music of India and Nepal.]
indian harpnoun	Synonym of esraj.
sundarinoun	(music) A double-reed wind instrument with seven to nine holes, related to the shehnai.
bansurinoun	(music) A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.
sarohnoun	(music, obsolete) An Indian musical instrument with three metal strings, played with a bow.
shruti boxnoun	(music) A musical instrument resembling a harmonium, used to provide a droning accompaniment in Indian classical music.