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Definition of Jamdanis
1. jamdani [n] - See also: jamdani
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jamdanis
Literary usage of Jamdanis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast by Richard Francis Burton (1872)
"As presents to the native chiefs who might entertain us, we took 20 jamdanis, or
sprigged muslin for turbans ($15); a score of embroidered Surat caps ..."
2. The Western Rajputana States: A Medico-topographical and General Account of by Archibald Adams (1899)
"... blankets, turbans, dyed and printed cloth, and jamdanis. Some of the outlying
and backward parganas of ..."
3. Histoire générale de l'Inde ancienne et moderne, depuis Pan 2000 avant J. C by J [Lacroix] de Marlès (1828)
"... brochés à fleurs blanches ou de couleur; on les appelle jamdanis. On les
fabrique principalement à ..."
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