Sanskrit · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Dhrupad

ध्रुपद

said dhru-pad

also written: dhruvapad, dhrupada

Meaning

The oldest surviving genre of Hindustani classical vocal music, austere and weighty, sung to fixed words.

Literally: dhruva (fixed) + pad (verse); the fixed-word song.

Related words

A melodic mode or framework of Indian classical music; also passion or attachment.

A poetic idea, fancy or conceit — the imaginative thought a verse sets out to capture.

A dhrupad-related genre set to the 14-beat Dhamar tala, traditionally sung at Holi.