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‖ pakhawaj|ˈpakawadʒ|
[Hind.]
A doubleheaded drum used in Indian music, esp. that of the northern part of the country.
1867E. M. Taylor in Proc. R. Irish Acad. IX. 116 Perhaps the pukhwaj is employed more than the other [sc. the tabla] by Hindu professionals. 1921H. A. Popley Mus. India vii. 121 The Pakhawāj is a drum slightly larger than the mṛidaiṅga but similar in shape, which is used in the north of India. 1957New Oxf. Hist. Mus. I. iv. 222 Prominent in our days are the pakhawaj and the tabla. The former..has a clay body of irregular cylindrical shape, tapering slightly towards the left hand, with a large surface of parchment. 1969R. Shankar My Music, My Life i. 41/1 The pakhawaj, a one-piece drum made of clay with two faces or heads, tuned to different pitches. 1977B. C. Deva Mus. Instruments 39 The pakhavaj is the king of drums in Hindustani music, though now it is more a constitutional monarch, respected from a distance. |