Ekpatta

Ekpatta was a veil, a simple loose draped garment similar to Dupatta. Ekpatta was made of fine fabric like muslin, a single breadth of fabric ^[1] that was six cubits long and three cubits wider. It was frequently embellished with silver or gold lace work around the edges. Dresses such as peshwaj were worn with ekpatta. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Name

''Ekpatta'' is a combined word of Ek and Patta, ''Patta'' refers to cloth, ^[5] and ''Ek'' means single.

References

1. Grierson, George A. (1885). Bihar peasant life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province. Bengal Secretariat Press, Calcutta. p. 145. ekpatta or एकबलाद ckldi is a sheet made of one breadth of cloth
2. Dimensions of Indian womanhood. Almora, U.P. Hills, India: Shri Almora Book Depot. 1993. p. 298. ISBN   978-81-85865-05-8. These ladies also used a veil called ekpatta and the angia or bodice under the gown. Besides, they used the Sarwar and slippers with pointed toes. In some cases the Kurta and Muhurum replaced the Peshwaj and winter brought into use an embroidered shawl
3. Martin, Robert Montgomery (2012-06-14). The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India: In Relation to Their Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Fine Arts, Population, Religion, Education, Statistics, Etc. Cambridge University Press. pp. 103, 104. ISBN   978-1-108-04652-7.
4. Crooke, William (1888). Rural and agricultural glossary for the N.W. Provinces and Oudh. Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. p. 91.
5. King, Brenda M. (2005-09-03). Silk and Empire. Manchester University Press. ISBN   978-0-7190-6700-6.