Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.35

c9.35

The Jātakas also describe several other Vimānas or palaces like the *Rativaddhana-Pāsāda*, *Upphaka-Pāsāda*, and also in the Nimi Jātaka a series of Vimānas or places furnished with *Stambha*, *Kūṭāgāras*, *Kiṅkhiṇī jala*, *Dhvaja*, *Udyāna*, *Pokkhariṇī*, *Dvārakoṭṭha*, etc. (*Jātaka VI. 117, Nimi Jātaka*). The *Suddharmā* Assembly Hall is said to be well built (*Sunimita*) on beautifully fashioned eight-sided pillars (*Aṭṭhaṃsa Sukaṭa Khambhā*) and furnished with *Dvārakoṭṭhakas* of beautiful tower (*Chittakūṭa Dvāra Koṭṭhaka*).