small drum, tabour DN.i.79; Vin.i.15; SN.ii.266 sq. (a famous mythological drum, called Ānaka; same also at Ja.ii.344); Ja.iv.395 (bheri +); Kp-a.49. Spelling mudiṅga at SN.ii.266; Ja.iv.395; Vism.250; Vb-a.232; Vv-a.210 (variant reading SS mutinga), Vv-a.340 (id.).

• -sadda sound of the drum Ja.i.3 (one of the 10 sounds hatthi˚, assa˚ etc.).

Sk. mṛdanga on d → t. cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 23