Ancient Indian Costume c9.3

c9.3

| *kaseyyaka* | high quality cotton or silk |
| *katisutra* | string for suspending the hip belt |
| *kausheya* | a type of tussar silk |
| *kayabandh* | cummerbund, sash |
| *kesapasa* | hairstyle in which the hair was looped close to the head in an elongated knot |
| *keyura* | armlet for upper arm |
| *khadga* | sword |
| *khadgavahini* | a female attendant to royalty who carried the royal sword on her shoulder |
| *khinkhwab* | brocade of silk and gold or silver wires interwoven |
| *kushalaka* | waist cloth of Buddhist monks |
| *kinkini* | anklet with small bells suspended |
| *kirita* | crown or tiara |
| *kosha* | sheath for sword |
| *kundala* | simple ring or circle earring |
| *kurta* | under-shirt of Parthian, Kushan, Scythian origin, with four-pointed hem and ruched sleeves |
| *lambanam* | long necklace |
| *langoti* | a narrow strip of cloth suspended from a waist cord and drawn up between the legs |
| *lehnga* | style in which the *antariya* is wrapped like a skirt around hips |
| *makarika* | ornament for the hair in the shape of a fish-crocodile |
| *mala* | garland of flowers |
| *malai* | gold coin necklace of south India |
| *mangamalai* | gold coin necklace of south India set with gems |
| *maninupura* | anklets of jewelled beads |
| *manjira* | hollow anklets which made a tinkling sound in movement |
| *mauli* | turban |
| *maulibandha* | an elaborate style of wearing the turban |
| *maulimani* | jewelled clasp for the turban |
| *mekhala* | girdle or hip belt |
| *muktajaia* | a net of pearls worn over the chignon to decorate the hair |
| *muktavali* | necklace of single strand of pearls |
| *muktayajnopavita* | sacred thread made of pearls |
| *mukuta* | crown |
| *muraja* | a sash with drum-headed knots at the ends |