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Words Starting with E

 

Eka – one of the seven original tālams in Carantic music

 

Ekacakra – the birthplace of Lord Nityānanda, also the same place where Kuntī and the Pāṇḍavas stayed during the first forest exile

 

Ekādaśī – the eleventh day of each half-month; sacred day of fasting to engage in more service to the Lord

 

ekatāra – 1) one stringed instrument drone 2) (gopiyantra) a one stringed rhythmic instrument pierced through skin bound by bamboo reeds to allow pitch fluctuation

 

Ekalavya – the low-caste boy who tried to learn archery through making a model of Droṇa

 

ektāl – a common classical twelve matra cycle

 

esrāja – (esraj) a bowed stringed instrument that is a hybrid-sitar-saringda with nearly nineteen strings total