((Taipya Tarpya ) was an article of clothing used for sacrificial rituals in ancient India. It was a fine-quality cloth that was also used in sacrificial rituals and on other occasions. The names of various cloths such as "kshauma", "panduvanik", "varasi", "durshya", and "tarpya" exist in

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and may refer to either

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or linen. It is mentioned in the Atharvaveda which says "city people wear clothes made of tarpya." Shatapatha Brahmanas described various articles of sacrificial costume, in which Tarpaya is mentioned as a lower body garment. According to the Sathapatha Brahmanas, the sacrificial garment consisted of an upper body garment made of pure undyed

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, a lower garment of

called "tarpaya," and a turban (ushnisha).

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