"shruti box" meaning in English

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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Musical instruments",
          "orig": "en:Musical instruments",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006 December 2, Vivien Schweitzer, “Prayer, Texts and Chants, Along With Some Improv”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "During the “Gayatri Mantra” her voice soared over the hypnotic drone that one hand coaxed from her shruti box, while the other hand energetically massaged the air.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A musical instrument resembling a harmonium, used to provide a droning accompaniment in Indian classical music."
      ],
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          "musical instrument",
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        ],
        [
          "harmonium",
          "harmonium"
        ],
        [
          "droning",
          "drone"
        ],
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          "accompaniment",
          "accompaniment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A musical instrument resembling a harmonium, used to provide a droning accompaniment in Indian classical music."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "surpeti"
        },
        {
          "word": "sruti box"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shruti box"
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    {
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "2006 December 2, Vivien Schweitzer, “Prayer, Texts and Chants, Along With Some Improv”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "During the “Gayatri Mantra” her voice soared over the hypnotic drone that one hand coaxed from her shruti box, while the other hand energetically massaged the air.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A musical instrument resembling a harmonium, used to provide a droning accompaniment in Indian classical music."
      ],
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        ],
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          "musical instrument",
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        ],
        [
          "harmonium",
          "harmonium"
        ],
        [
          "droning",
          "drone"
        ],
        [
          "accompaniment",
          "accompaniment"
        ]
      ],
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        "(music) A musical instrument resembling a harmonium, used to provide a droning accompaniment in Indian classical music."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "surpeti"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sruti box"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shruti box"
}