Damaru

Damaru
	A Tibetan damaru
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	212.241; (Membranophone. Individual hourglass-shaped rattle vi drums (under revised Hornbostel Sachs classifications))

A damaru (Sanskrit: डमरु, IAST: ḍamaru; Tibetan ཌ་མ་རུ་ or རྔ་ཆུང) is a small two-headed drum, used in Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. In Hinduism, the damaru is known as the instrument of the deity Shiva, associated with Tantric traditions. It is said to be created by Shiva to produce spiritual sounds by which the whole universe has been created and regulated.^[3] In Tibetan Buddhism, the damaru is used as an instrument in meditation practices.^[4]

^ "Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium" (PDF). MIMO Consortium. 8 July 2011. 2 Membranophones The sound is excited by tightly stretched membranes; 21 Struck drums The membranes are struck; 212 Rattle drums (sub-divisions as for drums struck directly, 211) The drum is shaken; percussion is by impact of pendant or enclosed pellets, or similar objects India, Tibet; 212.2 Tubular rattle drums; 212.21 Cylindrical rattle drums; 212.24 Hourglass-shaped rattle drums; 212.241 Individual hourglass-shaped rattle drums
^ "damaru". Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection. Classification (Sachs-Von Hornbostel revised by MIMO) 212.241 membranophone--individual hourglass-shaped rattle drum (the drum is shaken; percussion is by impact of pendant or enclosed pellets, or similar objects)
^ Tewari, Sahil (March 4, 2019). "Divine Intervene: Lord Shiva and his Damru". InstruRentals.
^ "Damaru | Tibetan".

[1] "Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium" (PDF). MIMO Consortium. 8 July 2011. 2 Membranophones The sound is excited by tightly stretched membranes; 21 Struck drums The membranes are struck; 212 Rattle drums (sub-divisions as for drums struck directly, 211) The drum is shaken; percussion is by impact of pendant or enclosed pellets, or similar objects India, Tibet; 212.2 Tubular rattle drums; 212.21 Cylindrical rattle drums; 212.24 Hourglass-shaped rattle drums; 212.241 Individual hourglass-shaped rattle drums

[2] "damaru". Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection. Classification (Sachs-Von Hornbostel revised by MIMO) 212.241 membranophone--individual hourglass-shaped rattle drum (the drum is shaken; percussion is by impact of pendant or enclosed pellets, or similar objects)

[3] Tewari, Sahil (March 4, 2019). "Divine Intervene: Lord Shiva and his Damru". InstruRentals.

[4] "Damaru | Tibetan".

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A Tibetan damaru
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	212.241 (Membranophone. Individual hourglass-shaped rattle vi drums (under revised Hornbostel Sachs classifications)^[1]^[2])