Stanapatta

{{short description|Chest band}}

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Stanapatta (Stanmasuka) was a loose wrap cloth for the upper body. It was a chest band used in ancient India. It was a simple upper garment of the females during the ancient time similar to the strophium or mamillare used by the Roman women. Stanapatta was a part of Poshaka (the women's attire). Kālidāsa mentions kurpasika, another form of breastband that is synonymized with uttarasanga and stanapatta by him. Innerwears for lower parts were called nivi or nivi bandha.{{Cite book|last=Mahapatra|first=N. N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWioDwAAQBAJ|title=Sarees of India|date=2016|publisher=Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited|isbn=978-93-85059-69-8|location=|pages=3|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Nair|first1=Rukmini Bhaya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6XFDwAAQBAJ|title=Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century|last2=deSouza|first2=Peter Ronald|date=2020-02-20|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-350-03925-4|language=en}} The Skandamata sculpture of Malhar depicts the use of stanapatta and kanchuki in ancient times.{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yn9DAAAAYAAJ|title=Prachya Pratibha|date=1978|publisher=Birla Institute of Art and Music.|isbn=|location=|pages=121|language=en}} Similar surviving garment wrapped around the chest by women is called "Risha" in Tripura.{{cite news |last1=K.G |first1=Pramod Kumar |title=Woven by peasants and princesses {{!}} Aratrik Dev Varman on Tripura’s risha |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/risha-tripura-aratrik-dev-varman-marg-magazine-woven-by-peasants-and-princesses/article68200039.ece |work=The Hindu |date=24 May 2024 |language=en-IN}}