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Vina

ˈvinə
Statue of a woman playing the vina. On pedestal.
Statue of a woman playing the vina. On pedestal.
Illustrations
In a landscape with a few trees there is an ascetic with a vina over his shoulder. A second ascetic is washing in a lotus pond. He has put his vina on the shore.
In a landscape with a few trees there is an ascetic with a vina over his shoulder. A second ascetic is washing in a lotus pond. He has put his vina on the shore.
Kedara Ragini // Kedararagini. A man and an ascetic with vina are sitting in front of a building. (AK title)
Kedara Ragini // Kedararagini. A man and an ascetic with vina are sitting in front of a building. (AK title)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Vina
    vē′na an East Indian musical instrument having five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds.
Usage in the news

Vina Clem , age 82, passed away Sept 18, 2012. somerset-kentucky.com

Vina Concha y Toro SA (NYSE:VCO). money.cnn.com

No recent news for Vina Concha y Toro SA. money.cnn.com

Pictured are, front row from left, Frankie Rickman Summey, Dorothy McGhee Talbott, Juanita Best Cagle, Brooksie Davis Dancey, Vina Loy Shields Brown. blounttoday.com

Vina Clem, age 82, passed away Sept 18, 2012. somerset-kentucky.com

Vina grad signs with UNA. franklincountytimes.com

Lots of comments on La Vina School. maderatribune.com

Takes issue with column on La Vina . maderatribune.com

In defense of La Vina principal. maderatribune.com

Tharptown Wildcats defeat Vina Red Devils. franklincountytimes.com

Tidwell/FCT Riley Nolan (4) of Tharptown throws a pitch against Vina Monday evening at Vina . franklincountytimes.com

Monaco defeats Berlocq in Vina del Mar final. the-review.com

Frederico Gil beat fourth-seeded Pablo Andujar 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the Vina del Mar VTR Open on Wednesday. the-daily-record.com

Nicky D's brother Bobby DeMarinis works the kitchen at De la Vina's newest pizzeria. independent.com

New York–Style Pizza on De La Vina. independent.com

Usage in scientific papers

Vi˜na, Bund le of quantizations of a symplectic torus.
Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms and the Berry phase

Vi˜na, Identification of K¨ahler quantizations and the Berry phase. J.
Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms and the Berry phase

Usage in literature

When the fair was at an end they went out of the Vina river, and then the truce of the country people was also at an end. "Heimskringla" by Snorri Sturlason

The invention of the vina, a kind of lute, belongs to Narada, the son of Brahma. "From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan" by Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

Qui bibunt vina potentia, et saepe sunt sub sole. "The Anatomy of Melancholy" by Democritus Junior

Vina intends to get a pass for Catharine and herself for the first Sunday in March. "The Underground Railroad" by William Still

Thy bow is even like a Vina. "The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2"

A la vina, a la vina, zagales, Y vaya de jira, de bulla y de baile. "Modern Spanish Lyrics" by Various

Hic vina et choreae jocique regnant, Regnant et charites facetiaeque. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III." by John Symonds

Hic vina et choreae jocique regnant, Regnant et charites facetiaeque. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete" by John Symonds

The national instrument was the vina. "A Popular History of the Art of Music" by W. S. B. Mathews

Iago wants a jetcycle and I promised Imogene a Vina Kit and then Claudius'll have to have something. "The Creature from Cleveland Depths" by Fritz Reuter Leiber