Nivi (garment)
Nivi was a women's garment. It was a simple piece of cloth draped or worn around the waist, covering the lower part of the body. It was worn with Uttariya veil or the loose end of nivi wrapped over the shoulder.
Etymology
in Sanskrit means a lower garment worn around a women's waist.Garment
Draping and wrapping were the accustomed forms of ancient Indian clothing.Vedas describes contemporary clothes according to the use and style of wrapping. Uttariya refers to an upper-body garment, Adivasah as an over garment, and Vasa as a lower body garment. Hence Nivi could be categorized in Vasa, that was a simple rectangular piece of clothing.