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Murali (gender unknown)

original: मुरलो

flute / pipe

bagpipe term also used for other aerophones

Identical types: 45

NOT a bagpipe, but according to Bărbuceanu, who fails to reveal his source, the Sanskrit name for the combination of a primitive clarinet and a bagpipe that has a "pentagonal [?] bag beautifully ornamented with embroidery and pearl fringes" (compare the decorative cover commonly used to adorn the Romanian Cimpoi, &c.); On the internet only encountered as a double-flute, erroneously also called Bansuri (Hindi: बाँसुरी) and the Carnatic Venu (Sanskrit: वेणु), which are, however, names for bamboo duct and transverse flutes.


Sources

Bărbuceanu, Valeriu: Dicționar de instrumente muzicale. București, 1999.

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Pathak, R.C.: Bhargava’s standard illustrated dictionary of the Hindi language (Hindi-English ed.). Benares, ? (2, revised), p.828.