In Carnatic music .. it
is – ‘Sa – Pa’ - the musical initiation starts with - "sa",
"ri", "ga", "ma", "pa",
"dha", "ni" – but many learn only the first two “SA – Ree”
What a
display !! Some get distracted ! – some
get attracted !!
செலவு மாத்திரம் நிச்சயம் !!!
The name "saree" (or sari) originates from Sanskrit roots meaning a strip of cloth. It evolved linguistically from terms like śāṭī or śāṭikā in ancient texts. The linguistic rhythm of "sa ri" or "sare" reflects the natural syllable cadence in the evolution from Sanskrit śāṭī (pronounced roughly "shaa-tee") to Prakrit sadi ("suh-dee") and Pali śāḍī or sāḍī ("saa-dee"), culminating in Hindi sāṛī ("saa-ree").
Early Sanskrit śāṭī referred to a simple cloth strip, transitioning through Prakrit sadi and Pali forms like sāḍī into modern Indian languages as sāṛī. Jain and Buddhist scriptures from the 6th century BCE describe sattika as women's attire, often a three-piece ensemble including a lower wrap (antarīya), veil (uttarīya), and chest band (stanapatta).
This draped garment traces back to the Indus Valley Civilization (2800–1800 BCE), where cotton cultivation around 5000 BCE enabled early weaving with natural dyes like indigo and turmeric. Over centuries, influences from Dravidian, Aryan, and later Mughal eras refined its styles, but the core name retained its "strip of cloth" essence.
From Vedic Sanskrit
śāṭī,
regular sound changes in MIA (ca. 600 BCE–1000 CE) included loss of
intervocalic consonants, vowel simplifications, and shifts like Sanskrit ṭ
to Prakrit/Pali ḍ or ṭ,
yielding forms such as Pali śāḍī or sāḍī.
Ancient texts like Jatakas (Buddhist
Pali literature, 6th century BCE) and Hindu Sanskrit works reference śāṭikā
or śāṭī
as women's draped attire, a three-piece ensemble (antarīya, uttarīya,
stanapatta). By the 7th century CE, as in Bāṇabhaṭṭa's
Kādambarī, the term solidified in descriptions
of exquisite drapery, bridging to contemporary usage.
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