Nivi (garment)
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Nivi (nīvī, निवी, नीवी) was a women's garment. It was a simple piece of cloth draped or worn around the waist, covering the lower part of the body. It was worn with Uttariya veil or the loose end of nivi wrapped over the shoulder.[1]
Garment
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Draping and wrapping were the accustomed forms of ancient Indian clothing.
Vedas describes contemporary clothes according to the use and style of wrapping. Uttariya refers to an upper-body garment, Adivasah as an over garment, and Vasa as a lower body garment. Hence Nivi could be categorized in Vasa, that was a simple rectangular piece of clothing.[5][6][7][8]
Style
Nivi drape
The ladies were encircling the nivi around the waist with tucked ends. It was an inner wrap for the lower body for women, leaving the upper part bare, draped with Uttariya veil or the loose end of Nivi. In old couture, it was also called 'nivi bandha.'[9][2] [10]
Gallery
Tara dipicted in nivi bandha, loose end of nivi draping over shoulder, 9th century.
Goddess Marichi depicted with nivi bandha drape, loose end of nivi draping over shoulder and choli bodice, 9th century.
Bronze portraits of Queens Chinna Devi and Tirumala Devi dressed in nivi sari; note the over-lapping pleats and dense pleating, Deccan, ca. 1518.
Bronze portrait of Malla Queen dressed in nivi, ca. 1696-1722
Woman dressed in nivi sari, Deccan, ca. 1600
Princess Gouramma dressed in nivi, Deccan, ca 1852.
Detail of over-lapping pleats, nivi-influenced garment as seen in Chut Thai traditional dress of Thailand.
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See also
References
- ↑ Maheswari, Chillale Sekhar Uma (1995). Dress and Jewellery of Women: Sātavāhana to Kākatīya. New Era Publications. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8364-2912-1.
- 1 2 Bhāratī: Bulletin of the College of Indology. The College. 1985. p. 79.
- ↑ www.wisdomlib.org (2018-06-07). "Nivi, Nivī, Nīvi: 12 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ Kālidāsa; Wilson, Horace Hayman (1867). The Megha Dūta. Trübner & Company. p. 132.
- ↑ Dr. Priti Mitra (November 1985). Indian Culture And Society In The Vedas. p. 87.
- ↑ Das, Sukla (1980). Socio-Economic Life Of Northern India. Abhinav Publications. p. 150. ISBN 978-81-7017-116-4.
- ↑ Hollander, Anne (1975). "The Fabric of Vision: The Role of Drapery in Art". The Georgia Review. 29 (2): 414–465. ISSN 0016-8386. JSTOR 41397188.
- ↑ Dutta, Pradyot Kumar (1995). Life Style and Technical Occupations in the Vedic Age. Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar. p. 18.
- ↑ Mahapatra, N. N. (2016). Sarees of India. Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited. p. 3. ISBN 978-93-85059-69-8.
- ↑ Maheswari, Chillale Sekhar Uma (1995). Dress and Jewellery of Women: Sātavāhana to Kākatīya. New Era Publications. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8364-2912-1.
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