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Indian long-necked lute instrument used as a drone. Its four strings are tuned by a movable bridge and are strummed separately with the forefinger, always as open strings and never stopped. It provides an accompaniment for such instruments as the sitar. The South Indian version, the mayuri, can also be played with a bow.

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