words svara (notes) and mandala (circle), representing its ability to produce many notes. The instrument was seen as equivalent by the A'in-i-akbari to the qanun.

Construction

Modern swarmandals are similar to European psaltries. Autoharps are used as an equivalent instrument in India today, especially with the chord-button mechanism taken out. Modern swarmandals are trapezoidal

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