| 释义 |
‖ veena|ˈviːnə|
Also 8 vena, 8– vina.
[Skr. and Hindi vīṇā.]
An Indian musical instrument consisting of a fretted fingerboard, to which seven strings fitted with pegs are attached, with a gourd at each end; an Indian lyre. Also attrib. and in Comb.
1788W. Jones in Asiatick Researches I. 265 His [sc. Nared's] invention of the Vínà, or Indian lute, is thus described. 1796E. Hamilton Lett. Hindoo Rajah (1811) I. 211 A musician softly touched the chords of a vena. 1817Moore Lalla Rookh, Fire-worshippers v. Introd., As the story was chiefly to be told in song,..he borrowed the vina of Lalla Rookh's slave. 1837[Mrs. Maitland] Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 55 First..came in an old man..to play and sing to the vina, an instrument like a large mandoline. 1848J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter s.v., Veena, an instrument of the guitar kind, with seven metal strings. It is the most ancient musical instrument of the Hindoos, and in good hands is capable of yielding great melody and expression. 1891[see tamboura b]. 1896Ind. Mag. Jan. 39 Instrumental music on the veena..is also much in vogue among them. 1896[see surbahar]. 1921H. A. Popley Music of India vii. 104 The vīṇā has seven strings, four of which pass over the frets and constitute the main playing strings. 1945R. K. Narayan Eng. Teacher v. 109 He hardly made any special sound or noise, but it was there all the time, a permanent background against which all his speech and gestures occurred, something like the melody of a veena string from which music arises and ends. 1964S. Marcuse Mus. Instruments 564/2 Vinā.., stringed instr. of ancient and modern India. In modern times the word has become a generic term for chordophones in S. India. 1969R. Shankar My Music i. 34/2 The stringed instrument par excellence..is the veena (also spelled vina). 1972P. Holroyde Indian Mus. 258 It has been said by Yajnavalkya, the ancient Indian writer and philosopher: ‘He who knows the art of veena-playing and sruti shastra can attain God easily.’ |