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	Srnga is ''Sanscrit'' for horn and used in North India and Nepal. It's modern forms include "''Sig''", "''Siga,''", and "''Singha''". The term was historically used for a wide variety shapes and sizes of horns, including straight horns, and horns made from water buffalo horns with mouthpieces made from ox horns.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \|author= Alastair Dick \|editor-last= Sadie \|editor-first=Stanley \|title= Śrnga \|encyclopedia= The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments \|year=1984 \|id= Volume 3 \|page= 442}}</ref>		Srnga is ''Sanscrit'' for horn and used in North India and Nepal. It's modern forms include "''Sig''", "''Siga,''", and "''Singha''". The term was historically used for a wide variety shapes and sizes of horns, including straight horns, and horns made from water buffalo horns with mouthpieces made from ox horns.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \|author= Alastair Dick \|editor-last= Sadie \|editor-first=Stanley \|title= Śrnga \|encyclopedia= The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments \|year=1984 \|id= Volume 3 \|page= 442}}</ref>

	===~~Ramsingha~~===		===Ransingha===
	The ~~ramsinga is a~~ pronunciation specific to India. It uses four pipes of very thin metal which fit one within the other. It is mentioned in [[Emilio Salgari]]'s works such as ''[[The Mystery of the Black Jungle]]'' (1895), where it is associated with the [[thugee]] cult.		The ransingha's pronunciation specific to India. It uses four pipes of very thin metal which fit one within the other. It is mentioned in [[Emilio Salgari]]'s works such as ''[[The Mystery of the Black Jungle]]'' (1895), where it is associated with the [[thugee]] cult.

	In Chapter 62 of ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]'' (1988) the ''Ramsinga'' is also mentioned, being played by a devotee of a [[druid\|druidic sect]] .		In Chapter 62 of ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]'' (1988) the ''Ramsinga'' is also mentioned, being played by a devotee of a [[druid\|druidic sect]] .

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[[File:Narsingha, Nepal 1836.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ransingha horn assembled in the S shape. Can also be fitted into C shape.]]

The '''ransingha''' or '''ransinga''' is a type of [[natural horn|primitive trumpet]] made of copper or copper alloys, used in both India and Nepal. The instrument is made of two metal curves, joined together to form an "S" shape.<ref name="Sharma1998">{{cite book|author=Manorma Sharma|title=Tribal melodies of Himachal Pradesh: Lahaul Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nvssBDSGOoC&pg=PA64|accessdate=24 March 2012|date=1 January 1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-942-9|pages=64–}}</ref> It may also be reassembled to form a crescent.<ref name=Konemann>{{cite book |editor1-last=Nikolova |editor1-first=Ivanka |editor2-last=Davey |editor2-first= Laura |editor3-last= Dean |editor3-first= Geoffrey |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments | publisher= Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH|place= Cologne |date= 2000 |pages= 94 }}</ref>

It is part of a group of curved-tube instruments that include the ransingha, the narsinga and the [[sringa]]. It may also be related to the laawaa and Tibetan [[Tibetan horn|dungchen]], both straight tubular copper horns.

==Alternate names==
The instrument has been variously spelled out '''narsinga''', '''ransingha''', '''ramsinga''', '''srnga'''.

Srnga is ''Sanscrit'' for horn and used in North India and Nepal. It's modern forms include "''Sig''", "''Siga,''", and "''Singha''". The term was historically used for a wide variety shapes and sizes of horns, including straight horns, and horns made from water buffalo horns with mouthpieces made from ox horns.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author= Alastair Dick |editor-last= Sadie |editor-first=Stanley |title= Śrnga |encyclopedia= The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments |year=1984 |id= Volume 3 |page= 442}}</ref>

===Ramsingha===
The ramsinga is a pronunciation specific to India. It uses four pipes of very thin metal which fit one within the other. It is mentioned in [[Emilio Salgari]]'s works such as ''[[The Mystery of the Black Jungle]]'' (1895), where it is associated with the [[thugee]] cult.

In Chapter 62 of ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]'' (1988) the ''Ramsinga'' is also mentioned, being played by a devotee of a [[druid|druidic sect]] .

===Narsinga===
Played historically in C shape in Nepa by [[Damai]] caste musicians in groups such as the ''damai baja''. This form used in [[Nepal]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and southern [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author1= Carol M Babiracki |author2= Mireille Helffer |editor-last= Sadie |editor-first=Stanley |title= Narsīga |encyclopedia= The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments |year=1984 |id= Volume 2 |page= 749}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:PancheBaaja.jpg|Nepal. The C-shaped narsinga is part of the [[Panche baja]] instruments.
File:Narsinga at Hindu wedding ceremony.jpg|Nepal. Narsinga being played for a wedding.
File:Nepali Hindu Wedding (6).jpg|Nepal. Narsingas at a wedding party.
File:ramsinga.jpg|India, 1799. The ''Ramsinga'', as depicted in the book ''Les Hindoûs'' (Volume II), by the Flemish artist [[Frans Balthazar Solvyns]].
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Karnal (instrument)|Karnal]], a long strait trumpet
*[[Sringa]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ykantiques.com/2013/08/antique-copper-and-brass-indian-ethnic-narsingha-trumpet.html History of the ransingha or narsinga with photos.]
* [http://ignca.nic.in/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rar9 Ancient musical instruments of India (circa 18th Century) as depicted by Balthazar Solvyns in Les Hindoûs (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, IGNCA)]

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[[Category:Indian musical instruments]]
[[Category:Trumpets of Nepal]]

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