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	An '''antariya''' ({{~~transl~~\|sa\|ISO\|antarīya}}) is a lower body garment from [[ancient India]]. It is a long white or coloured strip of cotton passed through the legs, tucked at the back and covering the legs loosely, then flowing into long pleats at front of the legs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Nair\|first1=Rukmini Bhaya\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6XFDwAAQBAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PT94\|title=Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century\|last2=deSouza\|first2=Peter Ronald\|date=2020-02-20\|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing\|isbn=978-1-350-03925-4\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|last=Mehta\|first=Tarla\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7naMj1UxIkC&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA172\|title=Sanskrit Play Production in Ancient India\|date=1995\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.\|isbn=978-81-208-1057-0\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book\|last=Ayyar\|first=Sulochana\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9eHPXL6UE0C&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA62\|title=Costumes and Ornaments as Depicted in the Sculptures of Gwalior Museum\|date=1987\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-7099-002-4\|pages=62\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Shastri\|first1=Ajay Mitra\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhVWAAAAYAAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.\|title=Ancient Indian Heritage, Varahamihira's India: Historical geography, religion, and society\|last2=Varāhamihira\|date=1996\|publisher=Aryan Books International\|isbn=978-81-7305-081-7\|pages=224\|language=en}}</ref>		[[File:Raja Ravi Varma - Mahabharata - Shakuntala.jpg\|thumb\|Painting of [[Shakuntala]] and her friends wearing an antariya, Raja Ravi Varma.]]
			An '''antariya''' ({{Transliteration\|sa\|ISO\|antarīya}}) is a lower body garment from [[ancient India]]. It is a long white or coloured strip of cotton passed through the legs, tucked at the back and covering the legs loosely, then flowing into long pleats at front of the legs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Nair\|first1=Rukmini Bhaya\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6XFDwAAQBAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PT94\|title=Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century\|last2=deSouza\|first2=Peter Ronald\|date=2020-02-20\|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing\|isbn=978-1-350-03925-4\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|last=Mehta\|first=Tarla\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7naMj1UxIkC&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA172\|title=Sanskrit Play Production in Ancient India\|date=1995\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.\|isbn=978-81-208-1057-0\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book\|last=Ayyar\|first=Sulochana\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9eHPXL6UE0C&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA62\|title=Costumes and Ornaments as Depicted in the Sculptures of Gwalior Museum\|date=1987\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-7099-002-4\|pages=62\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Shastri\|first1=Ajay Mitra\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhVWAAAAYAAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.\|title=Ancient Indian Heritage, Varahamihira's India: Historical geography, religion, and society\|last2=Varāhamihira\|date=1996\|publisher=Aryan Books International\|isbn=978-81-7305-081-7\|pages=224\|language=en}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
	~~Antriya~~ is an ancient garment mentioned in the [[Ramayana]] and [[Mahabharata]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=McLain\|first=Karline\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4-Su0whKa0C&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA72\|title=India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes\|date=2009\|publisher=Indiana University Press\|isbn=978-0-253-22052-3\|pages=72\|language=en}}</ref> Hindu ~~[[Deity\|~~deities]] can be seen wearing [[~~Uttariya~~]] and ~~Antariya~~ in [[sculpture in the Indian subcontinent]],<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmhDAAAAYAAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.\|title=Ancient India\|date=1950\|publisher=Director General of Archaeology in India.\|pages=37\|language=en}}</ref> especially in [[~~hindu~~ temple]]ss and ~~in images in~~ [[Hindu ~~calendar~~\|~~desi calendars~~]].		The antariya is an ancient garment mentioned in the ''[[Ramayana]]'' and the ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=McLain\|first=Karline\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4-Su0whKa0C&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA72\|title=India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes\|date=2009\|publisher=Indiana University Press\|isbn=978-0-253-22052-3\|pages=72\|language=en}}</ref> Hindu deities can be seen wearing the [[uttariya]] and the antariya in [[sculpture in the Indian subcontinent\|sculptures in the Indian subcontinent]],<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmhDAAAAYAAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.\|title=Ancient India\|date=1950\|publisher=Director General of Archaeology in India.\|pages=37\|language=en}}</ref> especially in [[Hindu temple]]s and other forms of [[Hindu iconography\|iconography]].

	As mentioned in Buddhist [[Pali]] literature during the 6th century BC, [[Sari]] {{~~transl~~\|sa\|ISO\|śāṭikā}} ({{~~lang-~~sa\|शाटिका}}) is an evolved form of ~~Antriya~~, which was one of three-piece attire worn by women during the ancient period.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QO2BAAAAMAAJ&q=Stanapatta\|page=35\|title=Fashion Styles of Ancient India: A Study of Kalinga from Earliest Times to Sixteenth Century Ad\|first=Ramesh \|last=Prasad Mohapatra\|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation\|year=1992\|isbn=9788170187233}}</ref><ref>Prachya Pratibha, 1978 "Prachya Pratibha, Volume 6", p. 121</ref><ref>Agam Kala Prakashan, 1991 "Costume, coiffure, and ornaments in the temple sculpture of northern Andhra", p. 118</ref>		As mentioned in Buddhist [[Pali]] literature during the 6th century BC, [[Sari]] {{Transliteration\|sa\|ISO\|śāṭikā}} ({{langx\|sa\|शाटिका}}) is an evolved form of the antariya, which was one of three-piece attire worn by women during the ancient period.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QO2BAAAAMAAJ&q=Stanapatta\|page=35\|title=Fashion Styles of Ancient India: A Study of Kalinga from Earliest Times to Sixteenth Century Ad\|first=Ramesh \|last=Prasad Mohapatra\|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation\|year=1992\|isbn=9788170187233}}</ref><ref>Prachya Pratibha, 1978 "Prachya Pratibha, Volume 6", p. 121</ref><ref>Agam Kala Prakashan, 1991 "Costume, coiffure, and ornaments in the temple sculpture of northern Andhra", p. 118</ref>

	== Terminology ==		== Terminology ==
	The ~~[[Sanskrit]]~~ word ~~for Antriya~~ is ~~Antarīya~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=www.wisdomlib.org\|date=2018-05-06\|title=Antariya, Antarīya: 7 definitions\|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/antariya\|access-date=2020-12-09\|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref> Lower garment of the ladies of the period are variously referred to as ambara , amsuka , antariya , nivasana , paridhana , vasana , vastram , vasas and sauli in the texts.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mohapatra\|first=Ramesh Prasad\|title=Fashion Styles of Ancient India: (a Study of Kalinga from Earliest Times to Sixteenth Century A.D.)\|date=1992\|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation\|isbn=978-81-7018-723-3\|pages=26\|language=en}}</ref>		The word antariya is of Sanskrit origin.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=www.wisdomlib.org\|date=2018-05-06\|title=Antariya, Antarīya: 7 definitions\|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/antariya\|access-date=2020-12-09\|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref>

	== Use ==		== Use ==
	~~Antariya~~ was usually made of fine cotton or silk. It was usually used in combination with the [[uttariya]]~~. The [[dhoti]] , [[lungi]] are also derived forms of Antriya~~.		The antariya was usually made of fine cotton or silk. It was usually used in combination with the [[uttariya]].

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==

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	File:Ajanta Paintings.jpg\|Women in ''choli'' (blouse) and antariya {{circa\|320 CE}}, [[Gupta Empire]]		File:Ajanta Paintings.jpg\|Women in ''choli'' (blouse) and antariya {{circa\|320 CE}}, [[Gupta Empire]]
	File:In Welcome of Buddha - ACCN 34-2542 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 5941.JPG~~\|thumb~~\|Relief depicting men in antariya and [[uttariya]], 1st century CE		File:In Welcome of Buddha - ACCN 34-2542 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 5941.JPG\|Relief depicting men in antariya and [[uttariya]], 1st century CE
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

			* [[Aprapadina]]
	* [[Uttariya]]		* [[Uttariya]]
	* [[Sari]]		* [[Sari]]
	*[[Choli]]		* [[Choli]]
	* [[Nivi (garment)]]		* [[Nivi (garment)]]

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An '''antariya''' ({{transl|sa|ISO|antarīya}}) is a lower body garment from [[ancient India]]. It is a long white or coloured strip of cotton passed through the legs, tucked at the back and covering the legs loosely, then flowing into long pleats at front of the legs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Nair|first1=Rukmini Bhaya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6XFDwAAQBAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PT94|title=Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century|last2=deSouza|first2=Peter Ronald|date=2020-02-20|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-350-03925-4|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Mehta|first=Tarla|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7naMj1UxIkC&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA172|title=Sanskrit Play Production in Ancient India|date=1995|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-1057-0|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Ayyar|first=Sulochana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9eHPXL6UE0C&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA62|title=Costumes and Ornaments as Depicted in the Sculptures of Gwalior Museum|date=1987|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-002-4|pages=62|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Shastri|first1=Ajay Mitra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhVWAAAAYAAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.|title=Ancient Indian Heritage, Varahamihira's India: Historical geography, religion, and society|last2=Varāhamihira|date=1996|publisher=Aryan Books International|isbn=978-81-7305-081-7|pages=224|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
Antriya is an ancient garment mentioned in the [[Ramayana]] and [[Mahabharata]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=McLain|first=Karline|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4-Su0whKa0C&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.&pg=PA72|title=India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes|date=2009|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-22052-3|pages=72|language=en}}</ref> Hindu [[Deity|deities]] can be seen wearing [[Uttariya]] and Antariya in [[sculpture in the Indian subcontinent]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmhDAAAAYAAJ&q=An+antariya+is+a+lower+garment+from+ancient+India.|title=Ancient India|date=1950|publisher=Director General of Archaeology in India.|pages=37|language=en}}</ref> especially in [[hindu temple]]ss and in images in [[Hindu calendar|desi calendars]].

As mentioned in Buddhist [[Pali]] literature during the 6th century BC, [[Sari]] {{transl|sa|ISO|śāṭikā}} ({{lang-sa|शाटिका}}) is an evolved form of Antriya, which was one of three-piece attire worn by women during the ancient period.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QO2BAAAAMAAJ&q=Stanapatta|page=35|title=Fashion Styles of Ancient India: A Study of Kalinga from Earliest Times to Sixteenth Century Ad|first=Ramesh |last=Prasad Mohapatra|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|year=1992|isbn=9788170187233}}</ref><ref>Prachya Pratibha, 1978 "Prachya Pratibha, Volume 6", p. 121</ref><ref>Agam Kala Prakashan, 1991 "Costume, coiffure, and ornaments in the temple sculpture of northern Andhra", p. 118</ref>

== Terminology ==
The [[Sanskrit]] word for Antriya is Antarīya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=www.wisdomlib.org|date=2018-05-06|title=Antariya, Antarīya: 7 definitions|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/antariya|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref> Lower garment of the ladies of the period are variously referred to as ambara , amsuka , antariya , nivasana , paridhana , vasana , vastram , vasas and sauli in the texts.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mohapatra|first=Ramesh Prasad|title=Fashion Styles of Ancient India: (a Study of Kalinga from Earliest Times to Sixteenth Century A.D.)|date=1992|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7018-723-3|pages=26|language=en}}</ref>

== Use ==
Antariya was usually made of fine cotton or silk. It was usually used in combination with the [[uttariya]]. The [[dhoti]] , [[lungi]] are also derived forms of Antriya.

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:Ajanta Paintings.jpg|Women in ''choli'' (blouse) and antariya {{circa|320 CE}}, [[Gupta Empire]]
File:In Welcome of Buddha - ACCN 34-2542 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 5941.JPG|thumb|Relief depicting men in antariya and [[uttariya]], 1st century CE
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Uttariya]]
* [[Sari]]
*[[Choli]]
* [[Nivi (garment)]]

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