Tritantri vina

Tritantri or Tritantrika vina/veena can refer to two different instruments:[1]

A medieval stick zither with 3 strings.[2]

As a term for small practice sitar malaproped[3] in the 19th century by Raja Sir Surindo Mohun Tagore from Calcutta (1840-1914) [4]

Small practice sitar called "Tritantri vina"

This small practice sitar was built from a single piece of wood, about 100 cm long. It had a small resonator, about 20 cm in diameter, carved of the same log. The neck was topped with 16 metal frets set in wax on wooden tracks, and a tuning box with three pegs.

References
  1. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical instruments '84 ed.(iii) p628
  2. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical instruments '84 ed. (iii) p731
  3. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical instruments '84 ed. (iii) p392
  4. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical instruments '84 ed. (iii) p735
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