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'''Damaru''' (Skt. ḍamaru; [[Wyl.]] ''nga chung'' or ''rnge’u chung'') — a small double-sided hand-drum sometimes made from the tops of two skulls and therefore | [[Image:Damaru.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Damaru]] | ||
'''Damaru''' (Skt. ''ḍamaru''; Tib. [[ཌཱ་མ་རུ་]], ང་ཆུང་, or, རྔེའུ་ཆུང་, [[Wyl.]] ''nga chung'' or ''rnge’u chung'') — a small double-sided hand-drum sometimes made from the tops of two skulls and therefore translated as 'skull-drum'. The damaru is held in the right hand, and is frequently paired with the [[bell]], held in the left hand. | |||
[[Category: Hand Implements]] | [[Category: Hand Implements]] | ||
[[Category: Shrine and Ritual]] | [[Category: Shrine and Ritual]] | ||
[[Category: Musical Instruments]] | |||
[[Category: Sanskrit Terms]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:17, 25 November 2025
Damaru (Skt. ḍamaru; Tib. ཌཱ་མ་རུ་, ང་ཆུང་, or, རྔེའུ་ཆུང་, Wyl. nga chung or rnge’u chung) — a small double-sided hand-drum sometimes made from the tops of two skulls and therefore translated as 'skull-drum'. The damaru is held in the right hand, and is frequently paired with the bell, held in the left hand.