The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.164.3

v1.c9.164.3

The attendant on the right side is a male, dressed in a *cāpkān*, and having a square scarf tied in front of the neck by a knot, very much in the same style in which the *piṭha-vastras* of the associates of Kṛṣṇa are represented in the present day, and also in old sculptures. Cowherds in the North-Western Provinces tie their blankets also in the same way, and Indian boys, until recently, had their little *cādars* tied on them in the cold weather in a like manner. The writer of this work himself had it when a boy. Col. Stacy describes it as "a kerchief round the neck with a tie in front as worn by sailors".⁷² General Cunningham takes it to be "the short cloak of the Greeks."⁷³ The head and left arm of the figure are mutilated; the right hand is stretched behind the central figure for its support. The attendant on the left side is a female, supporting the right hand of that figure on her breast. She is dressed in a *sāḍi*, whose ample folds lie gracefully on the lower limbs, covering them to the heels. A jacket is seen over it, probably a *kurtā*, which looks like an Ionic *chiton* with short sleeves, but without the usual girdle. The two articles of dress together appear very like the double *chiton* with an ample and following *cholpos* (*Kholpos*). It is evident, however, that the lower garment is not a Greek petticoat, but a *sāḍi*, as the upper end of it passes diagonally over the breast and left arm, whence it hangs down behind the body.