Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.50

c9.50

The *Siṃha-Pañjara*, *Gavāksha* and *Vātapāna* were of three kinds, viz. *Śalākā-vātapāna*, *Jāla-vātapāna* and *Vedikā-vātapāna*, i. e. different kinds of windows used for light and air which could be thrown open and closed at will. Sometimes they were provided with leaves (*Kavāṭa* J. 2. 274), or blinds or curtains which could be rolled up (*Chakkalikā* or *Bhisi*, Chulla 6. 2. 2). A window or opening too high to look out of it was known as *Uddha-chhiddaka-vātapāna*.