Lexicographical Neighbors of Dhooti
Literary usage of Dhooti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Studies and Recreations by Shoshee Chunder Dutt (1879)
"Of men the ordinary dress everywhere is the dhooti, which is wrapped round the
middle of the body and tucked up between the legs, while a part of it hangs ..."
2. Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste by Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya (1896)
"He was made to bathe in the tank for washing away the sand, and being clad in a
new dhooti he was given something like the honour of a Roman triumph. ..."
3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"... hills of Delira dhooti. They ate oí short stature and spare habits with
broad (are*, depressed noses, ..."
4. Report of the Second Decennial Missionary Conference Held at Calcutta, 1882 (1883)
"... most if not all the very best Christians of that Mission in that district were
his converts or their descendants. He used to go about clad in dhooti and ..."
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