[INDOLOGY] naagaraa

[Nagaraj Paturi]

The word nagara used as synonymous to naubat :

http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/drumbeats-of-yore/article7089460.ece

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> An instrument similar to this is used as a musical instrument though.
>
> But that is called Naubat.
>
> Taashaa and Marfaa are the versions of Naubat that are popular in
> Hyderabad.
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nagara,_a_percussion
>> _instrument,_Rajasthan.jpg
>>
>> This page can be reached by searching for the search key word Dundubhi
>> also.
>>
>> Deriving the word nagaaraa from the Urdu naqqaaraa sounds reasonable.
>>
>> Thanks George for the nagaaraa manTapam (manDapam) example.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 8:01 AM, George Hart <glhart at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> A usage of the instrument similar to that described by Nagaraj is found
>>> in Tamil.
>>>
>>> From the Tamil Lexicon:
>>>
>>> நகராமண்டபம் nakarā-maṇṭapam
>>>
>>> , *n*. < *நகரா* +. Kettle-drum stations established by Tirumalai Naik
>>> along the road from Šrīvilliputtūr to his palace at Madura for announcing
>>> the completion of the worship of the Goddess at Šrīvilliputtūr, after which
>>> he would take his food; ்ரீவில்லிபுத்தூர் நாய்ச்சி யாருக்கு ஆராதனை
>>> முடிந்தபின் உண்பது என்ற விரத முடைமையால் அதனை யறிவித்தற்காக அவ்வூரிலிருந்து
>>> மதுரைவரை நகராமூலம் செய்தி அறிவிக்குமாறு வழி நெடுகத் திருமலைநாயகரால்
>>> அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள மண் டபங்கள்.
>>>
>>> The TL says Tamil *nakarā* (kettle drum) is an Arabic word (naqqāra)
>>> borrowed through Urdu. George
>>>
>>> On Oct 26, 2016, at 7:15 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> It is used in some Indian languages like Telugu in the form of nagaaraa.
>>>
>>> It is a drum only. It is a big/huge D shaped drum with the curve part of
>>> the D shape downwards. The top part is the sounding part. Made to sound
>>> with the help of two very big sticks.
>>>
>>> Not a 'musical instrument' though. It was used on the terraces of fort
>>> entrances its sound indicating several different announcements: exits and
>>> entries of kings, victories of kings, beginnings of events in the fort etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 3:24 AM, Greg Bailey <Greg.Bailey at latrobe.edu.au
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear List,
>>>>
>>>> A colleague who is not a member of the list asked about the meaning of
>>>> the word n?gar??  Any help would be appreciated. I assume it might come
>>>> from nagara, but to may relate to a musical instrument.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Greg Bailey
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Is *naagaraa* a Sanskrit word? Is it used in any Sanskrit source? I
>>>> cann't find it in either Monnier-Williams or Macdonnel.
>>>>
>>>> Curt Sachs reports it as a cognate for Urdu* naqqaara* (kettledrum) in
>>>> his 1917 catalogue (in German) of musical instruments in Burma and Assam. I
>>>> think he is mistaken."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Nagaraj Paturi
>>>
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>>>
>>> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>>>
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>>>
>>> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
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>>
>> --
>> Nagaraj Paturi
>>
>> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>>
>> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>>
>> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>>
>> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Nagaraj Paturi
>
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>
> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>
> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
>
>
>
>



-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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