Question

how to introduce a objective of jaltarang

Answer 1

The earliest mention of the jal tarang is found in book 'Vātsyāyana's Kamasutra' as playing on musical glasses filled with water.[1] It is one of the 64 Arts and Science to be studied by a maiden.[1] Jal-tarang also finds mentioned in medieval Sangeet Parijaat text, categories this instrument under Ghan-Vadya(Idiophonic instruments in which sound is produced by striking a surface, also called concussion idiophones.) SangeetSaarconsidered one with 22 cups to be complete jal tarang and one with 15 cups to be of mediocre status. Cups, of varying sizes are made of either bronze or porcelain. Jal-tarang was also called jal-yantra in the medieval times, poets of Krishna cult (also called Asht-chhap poets) have mentioned this instrument.[2]