different between dholak vs mridangam

English

Hindi ???? (?holak).

dholak (plural dholaks)

From Tamil ?????????? (miruta?kam), and its source, Sanskrit ????? (m?da?ga).

mridangam (plural mridangams)

(music) A percussion instrument used in southern Indian music, consisting of a two-sided drum whose body is usually made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood. [from 19th c.]
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 145:
  A sarangi player set the tone and Kalavati began to sing in her sweet, melodious voce; mridangam and sitar accompanied her.

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