Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India
by Remadevi. O. | 2009 | 54,177 words
This page relates 鈥楲ower Garments (c): Tarpya (sacrificial garment)鈥� of the study on cosmetics, costumes and ornaments of ancient India based on Sanskrit sources. Chapter one deals with cosmetics and methods of enhancing beauty; Chapter two deals with costumes, garments and dresses; Chapter three deals with ornaments for humans and animals. Each chapter deals with their respective materials, types, preparation and trade, as prevalent in ancient Indian society.
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2.2. Lower Garments (c): 罢腻谤辫测补 (sacrificial garment)
罢腻谤辫测补 was a garment, worn especially on sacrificial occasions. Regarding the exact identity of 罢腻谤辫测补, different opinions exist. According to 叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补-艣谤补耻迟补蝉奴迟谤补[1], 罢腻谤辫测补 is either the name of a cloth soaked in ghee or the bark of Trip膩 trees. The text uses the word 罢腻谤辫测补 and Valkala in the same sense. 碍腻迟测腻测补苍补-艣谤补耻迟补蝉奴迟谤补[2] also defines the word in three ways, as per which 罢腻谤辫测补 is either a linen cloth or a cloth soaked in ghee or that made of yarn of 罢谤颈辫补谤峁嘺.
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[1]:
XXV.34
[2]:
XV.5.7.10