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Ancient
Tamil poetry, such as the Silappadhikaram and the Sanskrit work,
Kadambari by Banabhatta, describes women in exquisite drapery or sari.
Sculptures
from the Gandhara, Mathura and Gupta schools (1st–6th century AD) show
goddesses and dancers wearing what appears to be a dhoti wrap, in the
"fishtail" version which covers the legs loosely and then flows into a
long, decorative drape in front of the legs. No bodices are shown.
Other
sources say that everyday costume consisted of a dhoti or lungi
(sarong), combined with a breast band called 'Kurpasika' or 'Stanapatta'
and occasionally a wrap called 'Uttariya' that could at times be used
to cover the upper body or head. The two-piece Kerala mundum neryathum
(mundu, a dhoti or sarong, neryath, a shawl, in Malayalam) is a survival
of ancient Indian clothing styles. The one-piece sari is a modern
innovation, created by combining the two pieces of the mundum neryathum.It
is popular in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan,
Burma, Malaysia, and Singapore. The most common style is for the sari to
be wrapped around the waist, with one end then draped over the
shoulder, baring the midriff.
The
sari is usually worn over a petticoat (called lahaṅgā or lehenga in the
north; langa, pavada, or pavadai in the south; chaniyo, parkar,
ghaghra, or ghagaro in the west; and shaya in eastern India), with a
blouse known as a choli or ravika forming the upper garment. The blouse
has short sleeves and a low neck and is usually cropped at the midriff,
and as such is particularly well-suited for wear in the sultry South
Asian summers. Cholis may be backless or of a halter neck style. These
are usually more dressy, with plenty of embellishments such as mirrors
or embroidery, and may be worn on special occasions. Women in the armed
forces, when wearing a sari uniform, don a short-sleeved shirt tucked in
at the waist. The sari developed as a garment of its own in both South
and North India at around the same time, and is in popular culture an
epitome of Indian culture. The sari signified the grace of Indian women
adequately displaying the curves at the right places.
The
word sari is derived from Sanskrit शाटी śāṭī which means 'strip of
cloth' and शाडी śāḍī or साडी sāḍī in Prakrit, and which was corrupted to
sāṛī in Hindi. The word 'Sattika' is mentioned as describing women's
attire in ancient India in Buddhist Jain literature called Jatakas. This
could be equivalent to modern day 'Sari'.
In
the history of Indian clothing the sari is traced back to the Indus
Valley Civilisation, which flourished during 2800–1800 BC around the
western part of the Indian subcontinent. The earliest known depiction of
the sari in the Indian subcontinent is the statue of an Indus Valley
priest wearing a drape.
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