A type of fabric or garment from South or Southeast Asia, possibly a variant term for traditional woven cloth.
Possibly from Sanskrit or other Indic languages, though the exact origin and meaning are uncertain. The word appears rarely in historical textile records and may be a regional or specialized term.
Words like 'gangava' that appear only in old textile records remind us that many specialized terms for fabrics and crafts have simply vanished—entire industries and their vocabularies can disappear over time!
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