The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c11.27

c11.27

which are scattered over the waters in which it grows like stars floating in the cosmic ocean. A fresco at Ajantâ¹ seems to suggest that wooden poles of garden pavilions were actually inserted into metal lotas firmly fixed in a stone, brick, or wooden base—a practice which might have arisen from the use of domestic water-vessels in street decorations for fixing up and keeping fresh young plantain and palm trees. The following passage in the Ummagga Jâtaka, describing the preparations made for a royal procession, is interesting in this connection: "He also strewed the ground with white sand and flowers of various kinds, and put brimming jars of water on either side