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mridangam|(ə)mrɪˈdaŋam|
Also m'ridang(a).
[a. Sanskrit mṛidaṃga a kind of drum.]
A double-headed, barrel-shaped drum, once made of clay, now usually of wood, with one head larger than the other, used in southern Indian music. Also attrib.
1888A. J. Hipkins Mus. Instruments 87 The Drum with the striped body and leather braces is a kind of M'ridang. The genuine Drum bearing this name is longer in proportion to its diameter, and has one head larger than the other. Ibid., A good Tabla or M'ridang player will earn from 100 to 150 rupees, per month... The M'ridang is considered to be the most ancient of Indian Drums; its origin is popularly ascribed to the god Mahadeo (S'iva). 1891C. R. Day Mus. & Mus. Instruments S. India vi. 138 (caption) The Mridang is beaten by the hands, finger-tips, and wrists... The smaller head of the Mridang is struck by the right hand, the larger head by the left. 1921H. A. Popley Mus. India vii. 120 The Mṛidaṅga or Mardala is the most common and probably the most ancient of Indian drums... The word mṛidaṅga or mardala means ‘made of clay’, and probably therefore its body was originally of mud. 1968N.Y. Times 12 Sept. 56 Palghat Raghu on the mridanga and Alla Rakha on the tabla. 1968Daily Tel. 28 Sept. 13/3 Among them was a drum dialogue between Alla Rakha (tabla) and Palghat Raghu (mridangam), a tour de force of fantastic subtlety and eloquence. 1970Ibid. 6 July 12/6 A musical interlude in which Nagarajan on the mridangam drum had a friendly battle..with the dance director. 1971Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 4 Apr. 24/1 The infinite variety of the mridangam includes some of the elemental sequences that jazz makes capital out of. |