[Y-Indology] Info requested on cinnam (Ta. ci_n_nam) : a musical instrument ?

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Dear Vishvesh

 

I don't know the musical instrument named "cinna," but know the way of

playing stringed instruments or

the specified movement of fingers in playing a stringed instruments named

"chinna."

It is found in Sangiitaratnaakara 6th chapter 74 as follows

 

tarjaniipaarzvalagnaayaas tantryaa bahir anaamayaa/ hananaM chinnam aacaSTe

zriimatsoDhalanandanaH//

 

Yasuhiro Okazaki

 

At 3:17 PM +0000 03.4.7, ovishvesh wrote:

>Hi Friends,

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>I would appreciate if anyone could let me know any details of a

>possible musical instrument by name cinnam (Ta. ci_n_nam) and its

>etymology.

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>Thank You.

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[Guest guest]

INDOLOGY, kappa <kappa-y@N...> wrote:

> Dear Vishvesh

>

> I don't know the musical instrument named "cinna," but know the way

of

> playing stringed instruments or

> the specified movement of fingers in playing a stringed instruments

named

> "chinna."

> It is found in Sangiitaratnaakara 6th chapter 74 as follows

>

> tarjaniipaarzvalagnaayaas tantryaa bahir anaamayaa/ hananaM chinnam

aacaSTe

> zriimatsoDhalanandanaH//

>

> Yasuhiro Okazaki

>

> At 3:17 PM +0000 03.4.7, ovishvesh wrote:

> >Hi Friends,

> >

> >I would appreciate if anyone could let me know any details of a

> >possible musical instrument by name cinnam (Ta. ci_n_nam) and its

> >etymology.

> >

 

Incidentally, cin2n2am occurs in saint mANikkavAcakar's tiruvempAvai

and is glossed as ekkALam. This is a long reed instrument akin to a

trumpet. The quote is

 

an2n2E ivaiyum cilavO? pala amarar

un2n2aRku ariyAn2, oruvan2, irum cIrAn2

cin2n2aGkaL kETpa "civan2", en2rEvAy tiRappAy; etc etc

(tiruvempAvai 7)

 

Here however, the plural viz., cin2naGkaL, seems to stand for

trumpet *and* conch, instruments associated with waking up kings,

deities. Similar usage also in 'kALam valampuri yan2n2a naRkAtal

aTiyavarkku' (vEdanta Desikan, rahasyatrayasAram)

 

Hope this helps,

 

Lakshmi Srinivas

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INDOLOGY, "lsrinivas" <lsrinivas> wrote:

> Incidentally, cin2n2am occurs in saint mANikkavAcakar's

tiruvempAvai

> and is glossed as ekkALam.

cinnam is also known as tiruccinnam. This instrument is one of the

ashtAdasavAdyas mentioned in the saivAgamas.

 

 

BGS