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{{Short description|A lower garment worn around a women's waist}}
'''''Nivi''''' (nīvī, {{Lang|hi|निवी, नीवी}}) was a women's [[Draped garment|garment]]. It was a simple piece of cloth draped or worn around the waist, covering the lower part of the body.

== Meaning ==
{{transl|sa|Nīvi}} in [[Sanskrit]] means a lower garment worn around a women's waist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-5tAAAAMAAJ|title=Bhāratī: Bulletin of the College of Indology|date=1985|publisher=The College|pages=79|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=www.wisdomlib.org|date=2018-06-07|title=Nivi, Nivī, Nīvi: 12 definitions|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nivi|access-date=2021-02-19|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kālidāsa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRopAAAAYAAJ|title=The Megha Dūta|last2=Wilson|first2=Horace Hayman|date=1867|publisher=Trübner & Company|pages=132|language=en}}</ref>

== Garment ==
Draping and wrapping were the accustomed forms of [[Vedic period|ancient]] Indian [[Clothing in the ancient world|clothing]].

[[Vedas]] describes contemporary clothes according to the use and style of wrapping. [[Uttariya]] refers to an upper-body garment, [[Adivasah]] as an over garment, and Vasa as a lower body garment. Hence ''Nivi ''could be categorized in Vasa, that was a simple rectangular piece of clothing.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Dr. Priti Mitra|url=http://archive.org/details/IndianCultureAndSocietyInTheVedas|title=Indian Culture And Society In The Vedas|date=November 1985|pages=87}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Das|first=Sukla|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Db6jerXiFeAC&q=adhivasa+garment&pg=PA150|title=Socio-Economic Life Of Northern India|date=1980|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-116-4|pages=150|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hollander|first=Anne|title=The Fabric of Vision: The Role of Drapery in Art|date=1975|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41397188|journal=The Georgia Review|volume=29|issue=2|pages=414–465|jstor=41397188|issn=0016-8386}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutta|first=Pradyot Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSPtAAAAMAAJ|title=Life Style and Technical Occupations in the Vedic Age|date=1995|publisher=Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar|pages=18|language=en}}</ref>

== Style ==
===Nivi drape===
The ladies were encircling the nivi around the waist with tucked ends. It was an inner wrap for the lower body for women leaving the upper part bare. In old couture, it was also called'' 'nivi bandha.'<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mahapatra|first=N. N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWioDwAAQBAJ|title=Sarees of India|date=2016|publisher=Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited|isbn=978-93-85059-69-8|pages=3|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> ''
{{See further|Sari#Nivi style}}

== See also ==
* [[Uttariya]]

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