punka

There sat the punka wala nodding, fast asleep, but keeping his arms moving all the time.

Though lined with velvet, it is always cool—ventilated on a new principle—of which I took merely a hint from the Punka.

The function of a punka is to cause a current of air to pass the human body so that the animal heat may escape more rapidly.

There are some very important natural laws which are illustrated in the punka.

Twenty-four pulls a minute of a length of 36 inches give in practice a speed of 168 linear feet to the punka curtain.