Alapini vīnā

Alapini vīnā vīnā of Bengal, with calabash body, played with a plectrum. Alapini is the name of a microtone of the sruti scale; alapa means adagio. The vīnā is used for playing adagio pieces, but alapini seems the more likely etym. (173). Sachs, Curt. Die Musikinstrumente Indiens und Indonesiens. Berlin, 1915.