Título: Ancient Indian Costume
Autor: Roshen Alkazi
Sinopse: The simplest and the most sophisticated of attire is in the form of Ardhanarisvura, the right half practically unclad or clad in a tiger skin or elephant hide with reptiles as ornaments, but the left half with the most sophisticated of both drapery and ornaments. The mountain princess Parvati decks herself with every possible jewel and has gorgeous costume. Though originally the idea of costume was only to cover parts of the body, it developed rapidly and nature contributed immensely towards the material sought for costume. Costume is not the same throughout the year. Kalidasa specially mentions how summer came in its rigor to give the beloveds of the prince lessons on the mode of dress, where the upper garments were delicately inter woven with jewels, pearl necklaces pendent on ever so pale breasts and the silken garments so fine that they could be blown away even by the softest breath: athasya ranagrathi tottariyam ekantapandutanalmbiharm, Nissvasharya msukam ajagama gharmah priya vesam ivopadeshtum Raghuvamsa 16.43. It was not the same in winter, where the prince enjoyed the damsels with lovely waists, who attracted him when he tied and untied and played with the garments on their hip, rustling as silk usually does, and made specially for use in winter and fragrant with the fume of frankincence, displaying their golden waist bands: marmarair agurudhupagandhibhir Vyaktahemarasnais , juhrur agrathanamokshaloupam haimanair nivasaniah sumadhyamah Raghuvamsa 19.41. This would give an idea that costume in a tropical country like India differed almost every few months. Sunlit, the land is glorious, both jewellery and costume adding beauty to the lovely form, however much Kalidasa may deny in a taunting way "what is not an adornment to beautiful form", kim iva hi madhuranam mandanam nakritinam abhijnanasakuntalam 1.18.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Ancient Indian Costume”, de Roshen Alkazi, publicado pela editora National Book Trust, India, em 1996 e com 140 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: National Book Trust, India
Páginas: 140
Ano: 1996
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 8123716877
ISBN13: 9788123716879
