''Pratheedhi'', a loose garment was a part of the bride's attire made of simple strip of cloth. Pratidhi was an unstitched garment similar to almost all contemporary clothes that were wrapped around the body in different ways. The

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were fastening it up at the back. The materials were usually animal

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, or

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. ''Shatapatha Brahmana'', y, 4.4, i

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The Pratidhi is a garment of the

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(1500 and 500 BCE). The Vedas have stated many clothes; indeed, those all were unsewn clothes and wraps in varied ways, such as Uttariya,

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, and Antariya. Concurrently

Atharvaveda The Atharva Veda (, ' from ' and ''veda'', meaning "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of ''atharvāṇas'', the procedures for everyday life".Laurie Patton (2004), Veda and Upanishad, in ''The Hindu World'' (Editors: Sushil Mittal and G ...

refers to ''Nivi'', ''Vavri'', ''Upavasana'', ''Kumba'', ''Usnlsa'', and Pratidhi as underwear.( RV. x. 85. 8) These clothes were varying with the material, size, and style of wrapping and draping. Pritidhi was smaller, one or two strips of cloth pulled over or across on the bust and tied on the back.

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