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Masaka bājā (gender unknown)

original: मसक बाजा

? [bursting / mosquito?] instrument [?]

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 4 stocks (a: single chanter / b: 3 drones in 3 stocks)

Identical types: 13

Term probably used exclusively for the (originally imported, later also locally produced) Highland bagpipe; NB¹: "bājā" seems to indicate any [?] musical instrument;
NB²: ➺ Nepal.

Masak


Sources

Deva, B. Chaitanya: Musical instruments of India: their history and development. Calcutta, 1978, ➺ p.258*.

Dictionaries, &c.

Pathak, R.C.: Bhargava’s standard illustrated dictionary of the Hindi language (Hindi-English ed.). Benares, ? (2, revised), p.798 & Pathak (2) (bagpipe).