Adivasah (Adhīvāsah, Adhīvāsa, Adivasa) is an upper garment of Vedic times clothing; It is a type of over garment similar to a mantle or cloak.[1] Vedas refers paridhāna (dress) as a set of clothes with these two main components where Vasa is for the lower body and Adivasa for the upper body.[2][3]
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- ^ Dr. Priti Mitra (November 1985). Indian Culture And Society In The Vedas. p. 47.