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'''Damaru''' (Skt. ḍamaru; [[Wyl.]] ''nga chung'' or ''rnge’u chung'') — a small double-sided hand-drum sometimes made from the tops of two skulls and therefore translated as 'skull-drum'. The damaru is held in the right hand, and is frequently paired with the [[bell]], held in the left hand.
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'''Damaru''' (Skt. ''ḍāmaru''; Tib. [[ཌཱ་མ་རུ་]], ང་ཆུང་, or, རྔེའུ་ཆུང་, [[Wyl.]] ''nga chung'' or ''rnge’u chung'') — a small double-sided hand-drum sometimes made from the tops of two skulls and therefore translated as 'skull-drum'. The damaru is held in the right hand, and is frequently paired with the [[bell]], held in the left hand.


[[Category: Hand Implements]]
[[Category: Hand Implements]]
[[Category: Shrine and Ritual]]
[[Category: Shrine and Ritual]]
[[Category: Musical Instruments]]
[[Category: Sanskrit Terms]]

Latest revision as of 04:04, 20 August 2017

Damaru

Damaru (Skt. ḍāmaru; Tib. ཌཱ་མ་རུ་, ང་ཆུང་, or, རྔེའུ་ཆུང་, Wyl. nga chung or rnge’u chung) — a small double-sided hand-drum sometimes made from the tops of two skulls and therefore translated as 'skull-drum'. The damaru is held in the right hand, and is frequently paired with the bell, held in the left hand.