Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India
by Remadevi. O. | 2009 | 54,177 words
This page relates 鈥楿pper Garments (g): Colaka (stitched dress)鈥� of the study on cosmetics, costumes and ornaments of ancient India based on Sanskrit sources. Chapter one deals with cosmetics and methods of enhancing beauty; Chapter two deals with costumes, garments and dresses; Chapter three deals with ornaments for humans and animals. Each chapter deals with their respective materials, types, preparation and trade, as prevalent in ancient Indian society.
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2.1. Upper Garments (g): Colaka (stitched dress)
Colaka is referred to in different texts in different ways. However it is a stitched dress, worn by royal personages. On the basis of the accounts given in 惭补迟蝉测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺[1], it can be assumed that Colaka was mantle shaped. It might have been similar to Akavacaka帽cuka mentioned in 叠峁沨补迟蝉补峁僪颈迟腻[2]. 叠丑补惫补产丑奴迟颈 describes Colaka as a bridal dress[3]. According to 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补[4], it is a lower garment of unmarried girls. 颁墨苍补colaka was sub variety of Colaka. As the name suggests, it is made of 颁墨苍补 cloth. In 叠腻峁嘺鈥檚 works, kings are often referred to as attired in 颁墨苍补colaka[5].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
261.4
[2]:
57.48
[3]:
惭腻濒补迟墨尘腻诲丑补惫补,VI.11, 148.50
[4]:
Viddhas膩labha帽jik膩, I.34
[5]:
贬补谤峁肠补谤颈迟补, pp.151, 152; DAOAI, p.110