Adivasah
{{short description|Overgarment}}
Adivasah ({{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Adhīvāsah}}, {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Adhīvāsa}}, {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Adivasa}}) is an upper garment of Vedic times clothing; It is a type of over garment similar to a mantle or cloak.{{Cite book|last1=Handa|first1=O. C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFPnh9B5zncC&q=princes|title=Textiles, Costumes, and Ornaments of the Western Himalaya|last2=Hāṇḍā|first2=Omacanda|date=1998|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-076-7|pages=19|language=en}} Vedas refers {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|paridhāna}} (dress) as a set of clothes with these two main components where Vasa is for the lower body and Adivasa for the upper body.{{Cite book|last=Biswas|first=A. (Arabinda)|url=http://archive.org/details/indiancostumes00bisw|title=Indian Costumes|date=2003|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India|others=Public Resource|isbn=978-81-230-1055-7|pages=101}}{{Cite book|last=Dr. Priti Mitra|url=http://archive.org/details/IndianCultureAndSocietyInTheVedas|title=Indian Culture And Society In The Vedas|date=November 1985|pages=47}}
Name
Adivasah is a Sanskrit word ({{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Adhīvāsah}}, {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Adhīvāsa}}, {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Uparistādāvarakam vāsah)}} which means a long coat.{{Cite web|last=www.wisdomlib.org|date=2014-08-03|title=Adhivasa, Adhivāsa, Adhīvāsa: 16 definitions|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/adhivasa|access-date=2020-12-19|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}
Use
Princes wore Adivasah. On special occasions, such as religious ceremonies, {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|paridhāna}} was a must.{{Transliteration|sa|ISO|paridhāna}} a set of Vasa (Vastra or Vasana) for the lower body, Adivasah as upper/over garment, Uttariya for the upper body. Most of these clothes were common for men and women with distinctive wearing and draping styles. The headdress then was called {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Usnisa}} or {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Usnisha}}.{{Cite book|last=Das|first=Sukla|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Db6jerXiFeAC&q=adhivasa+garment&pg=PA150|title=Socio-Economic Life Of Northern India|date=1980|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-116-4|pages=150|language=en}} Vedic time Aryans were used to dress formally in these garments and sometimes embellished with gold. Later few more types of garments such as {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Atka}}, {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Drapi}}, and Nivi (garment) were also used.
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