[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 66.6 # The Institutes of Akbar 66.6 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 66.6 - **Language:** English ### [66.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.66.6) His Majesty has changed the names of several garments, and invented new and pleasing terms. Instead of jámah (coat), he says sarbgátí, i. e., covering the whole body; for izár (drawers), he says yárpíráhan (the companion of the coat); for nīmtanah (a jacket), tanzéb; for fautah, patgat; for burqa (a veil), chitragupita; for kuláh (a cap), sís’ sobhá; for múíbáf (a hair ribbon), késg’han; for patká (a cloth for the loins), katzéb; for shál (shawl), parmnarm; for . . . , parmgarm; for kapúrdhúr, a Tibetan stuff, kapúrnír; for páiafzár (shoes), charndharn; and similarly for other names. - [Previous: 66.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.66.5) - [Next: 67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.67) - [Up: 66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.66) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.66.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.66.6) · Pramāṇa