Veena

Veena may refer to the following:

• Veena, a plucked musical instruments from the Indian sub-continent. It is in India a generic name for a string instrument.

With frets

• Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music
• Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music

Fretless

• Vichitra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music
• Chitra veena or gottuvadhyam, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music

Guitar

• Mohan veena, slide guitar

Other

• Yazh, or Shatatantri veena, Ancient Indian form of Santoor
• Saptatantri veena

Male personal name

• Veena Kuppayyar (1798–1860), Indian exponent of Veena and composer of Carnatic music
• Veena Venkatagiriyappa (1887-1961), Indian musician

Female personal name

• Veena (actress) (1926-2004) also known as Veena Kumari, Indian actress
• Veena Das (born 1945), American professor of anthropology
• Veena Sahasrabuddhe (born 1948), Indian vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music
• Veena Verma (born 1960), UK-based Punjabi short-story writer
• Veena Goel (born 1981), American beauty queen
• Veena Malik (born 1984 as Zahida Malik), Pakistani actress, model and comedienne
• Veena V (born 1987), British radio and TV presenter
• Veena Rawat, Canadian electrical engineer
• Veena Talwar Oldenburg, Indian-born American history professor
• Veena Sud, Canadian-born American television writer, director, and producer
• Veena Sood, Kenyan-born Canadian-based film and television actress of Punjabi descent

See also

• Beena (disambiguation)
• Vina (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing " Veena"