VANASPATI

Etymology

Proper noun

Vanaspati

(music) Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the fourth melakarta rāgam of the 72 melakarta rāgams of Carnatic music.

Etymology

Noun

vanaspati (plural vanaspatis)

(botany) the entire plant kingdom or trees that bear fruits but no evident flowers.

Source: Wiktionary



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MALLET

(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.


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