VAADYA : any musical instrument.
 

VAADI : literally means to speak. In a raga, a vadi swara is a note that produces the feeling of the raga.
 

VAGGEYAKAARA : a composer of music.
 

VAKRA : twisted or non-regular.
 

VRINDA GAANA : is choral singing.
 

VISTAAR : to elaborate.
 

VIVADI SWARA : it is a swara which is dissonant to the scale of a raaga.