Damru

Damru

The "damaru" (Devanagari: डमरू) or "damru" is a small hourglass-shaped drum from India and Tibet.

It is one of the attributes of several Hindu deities and gods, particularly of Shiva, and is particularly associated with Shiva in his aspect as the Nataraja, performing the cosmic dance of tandava. The sound of the "damaru" represents the primeval sound and the rhythm from which, according to cosmology, the universe emerges and in which it dissolves into, before re-emerging again.

The shape of the "damaru", which is a triangular upward representation, also symbolizes the male creativity of procreation (the Lingam), and the downward representation symbolizes the female creativity of procreation (the Yoni). Symbolically, the creation begins when the lingam and yoni meets at the mid-point of the "damaru", and the destruction takes place when both separates from each other.

In Tibet it may be made out of human skulls. [http://www.usd.edu/smm/Tibet/1383/Damaru.html]

References

*"Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend" (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dallapiccola


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