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{{short description|Overgarment}}
'''Adivasah''' ({{transl|sa|ISO|Adhīvāsah}}'', {{transl|sa|ISO|Adhīvāsa}}, {{transl|sa|ISO|Adivasa}})'' is an upper garment of [[Vedic period|Vedic times]] clothing; It is a type of [[List of outerwear|over garment]] similar to a [[Mantle (monastic vesture)|mantle]] or [[cloak]].<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref>[[Vedas]] refers {{transl|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.''<ref name=":2">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{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}}</ref>''

== Name ==
Adivasah is a Sanskrit word ({{transl|sa|ISO|Adhīvāsah}}, {{transl|sa|ISO|Adhīvāsa}}, {{transl|sa|ISO|Uparistādāvarakam vāsah)}} which means a long coat.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Use ==
Princes wore Adivasah.<ref name=":1" />  On special occasions, such as religious ceremonies, {{transl|sa|ISO|[[Poshak|paridhāna]]}} was a must.<ref name=":2" />{{transl|sa|ISO|paridhāna}} a set of Vasa (Vastra or [[Antariya|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 {{transl|sa|ISO|Usnisa}} or {{transl|sa|ISO|Usnisha}}.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> Vedic time Aryans were used to dress formally in these garments and sometimes embellished with gold. Later few more types of garments such as {{transl|sa|ISO|Atka}}, {{transl|sa|ISO|Drapi}}, and [[Nivi (garment)|{{transl|sa|ISO|nivi}}]] were also used.<ref name=":3" />

== See also ==

* [[Uttariya]] an upper body garment.
* [[Antariya]] a lower body garment.
* [[Kanchuka]]
* [[Vedas]]
* [[Tarpaya]]
* [[Vadhuya]]

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