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In 1568, Kashmir was conquered by Babur's grandson Akbar. [13] In Akbar's time, a pair of pashmina shawls was an expected part of khil'at ceremonies. [13] From the 16th to the early 20th centuries, the Safavid, Zand, and Qajar emperors of Iran also wore pashmina and gifted Kashmir shawls as khilat within their political and religious practices ...
The Kashmir shawl, the predecessor of the contemporary cashmere shawl, is a type of shawl identified by its distinctive Kashmiri weave and for being made of fine shahtoosh or pashmina wool. Contemporary variants include the pashmina and shahtoosh shawls (often mononymously referred to simply as the pashmina and shahtoosh).
The intense cold of the region causes the goats to grow a thick undercoat, which is harvested to produce the fine pashmina grade of cashmere. [4] In the twenty-first century the quality of the pashmina is threatened by global climate change; [4] approximately three quarters of Indian pashmina production is from these goats. [5]
Instead of a shuttle used in regular pashmina shawls, Kani Shawls use needles made from cane [4] or wood. [5] The kanis, or small wooden sticks, are used to create the intricate designs of the shawl. Each kani represents one knot in the weave, and the weaver must follow a graph paper design closely to ensure that the design is accurately ...
Jamawar, or gown piece, [1] is a special type of shawl made in Kashmir. [2] "Jama" means robe and "war/var" is yard. [3] The best quality of Jamawar is built with Pashmina. The brocaded parts are woven in similar threads of silk or polyester. Most of the designs seen today are floral, with the kairy as the predominant motif.
Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the Mahābhāṣya commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita of Ayurveda.
Kshemendra was born into an old, cultured, and affluent family. [5] His father was Prakashendra, a descendant of Narendra who was the minister to Jayapida. [6] Both his education and literary output were broad and varied.
Ānandavardhana (c. 820 – 890 CE) was a Kashmiri court poet and literary critic, honored with the title of Rajanak during King Avantivarman's reign. [1] Anandavardhana authored the Dhvanyāloka, or A Light on Suggestion (), a work articulating the philosophy of "aesthetic suggestion" (dhvani, vyañjanā).