Dear Kåre

You wrote:

> I have seen old Indian reliefs of an instrument looking very much like
> a Burmese saung. The saung is not a European harp. It is not a
> triangular harp with a pillar. It is a pillarless "bow harp", but it
> is nevertheless a member of the larger harp family. Now, if the relief
> I refer to, shows a viina, then I think you are prefectly right in
> calling it a harp after all.

Thank you for your information, but was that saung-like instrument
termed vii.naa? Or did it have a different name? I am not able to answer
but perhaps Gunnar will if he has also seen it.

with metta

Ven. Pandita