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166 A CULTURAL STUDY OF THE NISITHA GURNI wrestlers (mallacalanakyti), but it was tied on one side of the thigh or between the thighs. 1
(iv) Calaniga-Calaņiga was similar to addhoruga in shape, nevertheless it reached upto the knees and was tied with fasteners at the ends (yotraka-nibaddha). Its shape resembled the cloth worn by the bamboo-top dancers (laṁkhiya-paridha-- navat).2
(v) Antoniyamsaņi-It was worn at the time of dressing up in order to save the nuns from being laughed at by the people for being naked or to save them from being raped. From the waist it reached upto the half of the thighs (addhajamgha).
(vi) Bahiraniyamsank--From the waist it reached upto the ankles (khaluga) and was fastened with strings at the waist.*
These six clothes were used to cover up the lower-half of the body.
Clothes for the upper-half of the body: (i) Kańcuka-Kamcuka of the nuns was a loose (prasidhila)and unstitched (asivvita) garment to be worn over the breasts to hide the distinct features of the body. It had a length of two and a half hands and a width of one hand and was tied with the fasteners (jottaya padibaddha) at the waist. The kañcuka of the nuns. being a loose garment, resembled the kaṁcuka worn by the Kāpalikas (Ka palika-kańcukavat).
(ii) Ukkacchiya–Ukkacchiya was so called because it covered the portion near the armpit. It was a square piece of cloth
1. ET51 49 alla Beci - Hauen Ibid. 2. चलणिगा वि एरिसा चेव, णवरं अहे जाणुप्पमाणा योत्रकनिबद्धा, लंखिया-परिधानवत्
-Ibid. 3. saft 7787877 BRET HET Fra Beat—Ibid. 4. are forcinoit saft #613 GT BET ESTIMIbid. 5. Get stafar af urafiri:-Ibid. 6. NC. 2, p. 190; Bịh. Bha. 4088.
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