Vadhuya
{{Short description|Bridal dress in the Vedic period in India}}
A {{Lang|sa|Vadhuya}} was a kind of bridal dress in the Vedic period in India. It was made of cotton, wool, and animal skin. After the ceremony, the wedding dress was given to a Brahmin.{{Cite book|last1=Bhushan|first1=Jamila Brij|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9-BAAAAMAAJ&q=vadhuya|title=The Costumes and Textiles of India|last2=Brijbhushan|first2=Jamila|date=1958|publisher=Taraporevala's Treasure House of Books|pages=15|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=A. BISWAS|url=http://archive.org/details/INDIANCOSTUMES|title=INDIAN COSTUMES|pages=6}}{{Cite book|last=Society|first=Pakistan Historical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOUvAQAAIAAJ&q=vadhuya|title=Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society|date=2005|publisher=Pakistan Historical Society.|pages=77|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Joshi|first=Pranshankar Someshwar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEMpAQAAMAAJ&q=vadhuya|title=Ancient Indian History - Civilization and Culture|date=|publisher=S. Chand|pages=84|language=en}}
Raiment of Vedic Aryans
The study of vedic literature reveals that the vedic Aryans were fond of ornaments and were well dressed, they wore different colored clothes also with gold embellishments. Raiment was similar for both men and women, with variations in wearing style. The Vasas, or lower garment, and the adhivasas, or upper garment, were the most common clothes worn by Rigvedic Aryans.'Nivi' (undergarment) was used in the later periods. The people also wore Atka' (a garment) and Drapi (a cloak). Female dancers wore an embroidered outfit. At the wedding ceremony, the bride wore a vadhuya.{{Cite book|last=Dr. Priti Mitra|url=http://archive.org/details/IndianCultureAndSocietyInTheVedas|title=Indian Culture And Society In The Vedas|date=1985|pages=87}}
Vadhuya is referred as a bridal garment in Rv. x. 85, 34; Av. xiv. 2, 41. Cf. Kausika Sutra, lxxix. 21 ; Asvalayana Grhya Sutra, i. 8, 12, etc.{{Cite book|last=Macdonell|first=Arthur Anthony|url=http://archive.org/details/vedicindexofname02macduoft|title=Vedic index of names and subjects|last2=Keith|first2=Arthur Berriedale|date=1912|publisher=London, Murray|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|pages=286}}
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