Veena (disambiguation)
The veena is a plucked musical instrument originating from India.
Veena may also refer to:
Musical instruments
- Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music
- Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music
- Vichitra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music
- Chitra veena or gottuvadhyam, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music
- Mohan veena, slide guitar
- Yazh, or Shatatantri veena, Ancient Indian form of Santoor
- Saptatantri veena
Male given name
- Veena Kuppayyar (1798–1860), Indian exponent of Veena and composer of Carnatic music
- Veena Venkatagiriyappa (1887–1961), Indian musician
Female given 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 comedian
- 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
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