Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 55: Rāvaṇa Flatters Sītā
Text 3.55.10
दान्तिका राजताश्चैव गवाक्षाः प्रियदर्शनाः।
हेम-जालावृताश्चासंस्तत्र प्रासादपङ्क्तयः॥
dāntikā rājatāś caiva gavākṣāḥ priya-darśanāḥ
hema-jālāvṛtāś cāsaṁs tatra prāsāda-paṅktayaḥ
dāntikāḥ = were made of ivory; rājatāḥ = silver; ca eva = and; gavākṣāḥ = the windows; priya-darśanāḥ = and were pleasant to see; hema-jāla-āvṛtāḥ = covered by golden nets; ca = and; āsan = [above the windows] were; tatra = by the stairs; prāsāda-paṅktayaḥ = rows of rooftops.
The windows by the stairs were made of ivory and silver, and were pleasant to see. [Above the windows] were rows of rooftops covered by golden nets.1
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: tatra sopāna-mārge gavākṣā āsan. tad-upari hema-mayaiḥ jālaiḥ jālakaiḥ āvṛtāḥ prāsāda-paṅktayaḥ.
सुधामणिविचित्राणि भूमिभागानि सर्वशः।
दशग्रीवः स्वभवने प्रादर्शयत मैथिलीम्॥