India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas

Antarīyaka (अन्तरीयक) refers to a “lower garment”, which was commonly worn during the reign of the Vākāṭakas (mid-3rd century CE).—Ajaṇṭā paintings give us a clear idea of the costume and jewellery worn by men and women in Vidarbha in the age of the Vākāṭakas. Most of them are shown dressed in a short antarīyaka or lower garment. As it did not cover the knees, it was called ardhoruka. In the Harṣacarita Bāṇa has described it as one which left uncovered a third part of the thighs. This cloth had stripes of different colours. The lower garments of Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā in the panel called “meeting of Bharata” from Pavnār are of the same type, but they are much broader, reaching down to the ankles. One end of this cloth which covered the left thigh was tucked behind like a kaccha, while the other, after covering both the legs, was taken behind and after being tucked a little, was kept dangling like a tail.

The lower garment (antarīyaka) was worn in a different manner in North India. Its pleats were gathered in front as seen in the sculptures at Sāñcī and Bharhut. Such pleats or nīvīs are seen nowhere in the paintings of the Vākāṭaka age at Ajaṇṭā, while the dangling end at the back is noticed almost everywhere. In the Rājataraṅginī Kalhaṇa has given the following humorous description of this mode of wearing the lower garment by the southerners:—“the king (Lalitāditya) made the tail of the lower garment of the southerners touch the ground in order to show that they were beasts”.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Antarīyaka (अन्तरीयक).—(-antarīyaka), adj. ifc., = -antarīya, adj.; see jāty- antarīyaka.

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Starts with: Antariyakam.

Ends with: Anantariyaka, Jatyantariyaka, Nantariyaka.

Full-text: Anantariyaka, Jatyantariyaka, Antariya, Ardhoruka, Kancuka, Candataka, Uttariya, Vikaccha, Katibandha, Vaikakshaka.

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