veena

Indian stringed musical instrument
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Summary

veena ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,897 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: true stick zithers with one resonator gourd[2]
  • Commons category: Veenas[3]
  • Country of origin: India[4]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Encyclopedic Lexicon[7], Riemann's Music Dictionary[8]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 312.322[9]
  • Different from: music of Vienna[10], Q141726964[11]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: National List for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)[12]

Why It Matters

veena has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] veena is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . indiaculture.nic.in. indiaculture.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17h ago · Pagvna · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'bg', 'bn', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gu', 'h
    Different from → music of Vienna, Q141726964
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Q141726964"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → true stick zithers with one resonator gourd
    Country of origin → India
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopedic Lexicon +1
    Different from → music of Vienna, Q141726964
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297705, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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