&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ta%C5%ABs_(mayuri)_-_MET_MI89.4.163.jpg) Taus or mayuri veena | |
| Other names | Mayuri veena |
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| Classification | Bowed string instrument |
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The taus, originally known as the mayuri veena,[1] is a bowed string instrument from North India. It is a form of veena used in North India with a peacock-shaped resonator called a mayuri, and is played with the neck of the instrument on bow.[2] Some versions have Sympathetic Strings that go to the Headstock like a Dilruba so they're known as the Mayuri Dilruba.
References to the mayuri veena have been found in Malavikagnimitra,[3] written by the Sanskrit poet Kalidasa between the 4th to 5th centuries CE.[4] The name taus is a Persian translation of the word 'peacock', or mayura in Sanskrit.[5]
It is believed that the taus was being played and adopted by for the Sikhs by Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru of the Sikhs.
- ^ Edgerly, Beatrice (1942). From the Hunter's Bow: The History and Romance of Musical Instruments. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
- ^ Chib, Satyendra Krishen Sen (2004). Companion to North Indian Classical Music. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 978-81-215-1090-5.
- ^ Bhagyalekshmy, S. (1991). Lakshanagrandhas in Music. CBH Publications. ISBN 978-81-85381-13-8.
- ^ "Kalidas". www.cs.colostate.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ^ Kasliwal, Suneera (2001). Classical Musical Instruments. Rupa. ISBN 978-81-291-0425-0.