"Clothes were generally woven of sheepís wool ... The dress in this period seems to have consisted of three garments ñ an under-garment (nivi), a garment proper (Vasas) and an over-garment (Adhi-vasas), like a mantle or cloak. The Satapatha Brahmana describes the set of sacrificial garments as consisting of silk under-garment (Tarpya), a garment of undyed wool, an over-garment and a turban (Ushnisa). A royal head-gear or turban is worn at the Rajasuya and Vajapeya ceremonies by the king. The turban of the Vratya is referred to. The sandal or shoe was made of boar-skin ... Skins were used as clothing."
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Vaman Shivram Apte
Vaman Shivram Apte (1858 – 9 August 1892) was an Indian lexicographer and a professor of Sanskrit at Pune's Fergusson College.
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