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⁴ *Ibid*, VI, 2, 2, वेदिका वातपान which according to Buddhaghosha means क्षतिये वेदिकासदिर्श, of which वेदिका has been explained by Rhys Davids in his note on *Mahā Sudassana Sutta*, 1, 60 (see R. D.'s *Buddhist Suttas*, p. 262). जालवातपां नाम जालकबद्धधं, of which जाल literally means 'net' but corresponds to lattice. R. D. advises to compare Anglo-Indian 'jalousie' (p. 162). सालक वातपानं नाम शम्भव वातपानं which 'possibly means with slips of wood arranged horizontally as in our Venetian blinds' (p. 163). In spite of all these, the learned Orientalists Rhys Davids and Oldenberg, would say that 'There were, of course, no windows in our modern sense, but only spaces left in the wall to admit light and air, and covered by lattices of three kinds" (note on *ibid*, VIII, 2. 2, Translation, p. 279).