Krsna Kirtana Songs
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Words Starting with T
tablā (तबला) – (tabalā) the
commonly used kettledrums of North India consisting of two drums (one bass drum
and one treble drum)
tablī (तबली) – the soundboard of some stringed instruments
Tāḍakā (ताडका)
– Mārica’s mother, slayed
by Rāma
Takṣa (तक्ष) – Bharata’s son
Takṣaka (तक्षक) – the cobra who was destined to kill King Parīkṣit due to a curse
tāla (ताल) – (lit. “clap”) a rhythmic cycle (South Indian
music = tālam)
tāli (तालि) – points of accent in a rhythmic cycle
tamas guṇa (तमस गुण) – (tamo)
mode of ignorance
tamburā (तम्बुरा)
– see tānpurā
tāmbula (ताम्बुल) – betel nuts
tānpurā (तानपुरा)
– (“tāna +purā =
fill the melody”) a long stringed drone instrument which resembles a fretless
sitar
tantra (तन्त्र) – practice of unorthodox
and illicit activities
tantrī vādya
(तन्त्री
वाद्य) – class of instruments
that are stringed (some may specify it as plucked instruments only)
tapasya (तपस्य) – penance and austerity
tār saptaka (तार सप्तक) – upper octave
Tārā (तारा) – Vālī’s wife
tasmā (तस्मा) – the leather-thong lacing using to fasten a drum
head on tablā and khol
tattva (तत्त्व) – constitutional positions
thāṭ (थाट) – a parent cycle in the North Indian system based
off of Bhaṭkhāṇḍe’s
theories (ten parent cycles total)
tīntāla (तीन्ताल) – lit. “three claps”; a
common sixteen beat cycle of North Indian music
Tretā Yuga (त्रेता युग) – the second era in the
cycle of cosmic ages; vice is introduced in this era; the era where Lord Rāmacandra
tritāla (त्रिताल) – a North Indian pakhawaj cycle with sixteen beats; some equate it with tīntāla
Trivikrama (त्रिविक्रम) – name of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Tṛṇāvarta (तृणावर्त) – the cyclone demon who tried to kill
Lord Kṛṣṇa
tulasī (तुलसी/तुलसी-देवी) – (tulasī-devī)
(Ocimum tenuiflorum)
the plant who is dearest to Lord Kṛṣṇa,
her leaves are used in offerings and preparations to the Deities
UPDATED: July 7, 2009