Gotuvãdyam

Gotuvãdyam vīnā of S. India, very similar to the Sarasvati vīnā, but unfretted. The strings are stopped by a wooden cylinder ca. 5 cm. (2 in.) long, 2½ cm. (1 in.) in diam., or by a piece of crystal, held in the left hand, that glides over the melody strings. In addition to these there are 7 sympathetic strings that pass over a small bridge of their own, lying underneath the main bridge. It corresponds to the N. Indian bicitrabīn. Also called mahānātaka vīnā (144, 179). Sort…