Would help to know what kind of text you are dealing with. In Marathi for the past century or two, the word has been euphemistically used to refer to a mistress. Madhav Deshpande On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Graefe wrote: > Dear list members, > would anybody know what kind of garment an *angavastram* is? > Thank you very much > Ursula Graefe >