Height: 12 cm.
Materials: wood, leather, cotton, plastic
The damaru or damru is a small, two-membrane drum in India and Tibet, shaped like an hourglass.
Its height ranges from a few inches to a little over a foot. It is played with one hand. The sound is mainly produced by balls that are attached to a string or cord wound around a narrow part of the damar. Knots tied on a cord can also be involved in the production of sound. When a person shakes the drum, using wave-like movements of the wrist, the ball (or balls) hit both sides of the damar. This musical instrument is used by traveling musicians of all kinds due to its small size. It is also used in the ritual practice of Tibetan Buddhism.
Damaru is generally well known throughout the Indian subcontinent. Among Shivaites, he is associated with the form of Shiva called Nataraja (King of the Dance), being a symbol of the latter. The four-armed Nataraja holds a damara in his upper right hand as he performs his cosmic tandava dance. It is considered that damaru is pronounced by the first sound itself (nada). There is a legend that all the sounds of Sanskrit came from the sound of Shiva playing the damara. The beat of this drum symbolizes the rhythm of forces during the creation of the world. And the connection of these parts is the very place where life is born.
Damar wooden drum UT-00004243, Damru, height 12 cm, Ayurveda Zdes
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