Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.202

c2.202

The next variety called *Praṇāla* is two-storeyed with a single pillar or four, eight or sixteen, built like a *Pushpakavimāna* with decorative designs. At the centre below is a water-tank with a big lotus, its pericarp fashioned as the seat of the King; around are female figures looking at the lotus; when the overhead