Text Book of Rasa Sastra
author: K. Rama Chandra Reddy
edition: 2010, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Bhawan
pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9788189986414
Topic: Rasashastra
Yantra (56): Mechanisms of grinding machines
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Vastu-shastra (4): Palace Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
(iii) Machines for Warfare: These are only referred to and not treated in detail in the text. Capa, bows, etc. Shataghni, etc. (hundred-killer). Ushtagriva etc,—Camel s neck (the modern cranes?). (iv) Conveyance Machines—The Yana-yantras. Wooden vimana machine. (Ambarcari-vimana). N. B. —On this we will see more in the next section. (v) Water Machines—Vari-yantras. Pata-yantra (for the purpose of watering the plants of a garden). Ucchraya-sampata-yantra. Patasamochraya Yantra....
Read full contents: Chapter 3d - The varieties of Yantras (mechanical devices)
Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) [by D. N. Shukla]
and depositing the same, so on and so forth; secondly those service-machines like wooden bird machine travelling in the sky, wooden vimana-machine, i. e. the aeroplane, door-keeper machine, soldier machine, servant machines and maid servant machines; thirdly the machines of warfare like Shataghni (100 killer) and Capayantras are also described, Fourthly, the most characteristic of the medieval yantras, the water machines are described. The Variyantras have four varieties (see Study)....
Read full contents: Chapter 48 - The Machines (Yantra-adhyaya)
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) [by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah]
Description of Machines and Tools. There were many types of machines used by the people of 7th century A. D. The writer Bana uses the word yantra many times to indicate machines. Different types of machines, i. e. , yantra, are mentioned by the writer, and they are— ghatiyantra (i. e. , water-clock for measures of time or water wheel,p. 42,139), nadika, tulayantra (Water wheel,p. 120), vyaghrayantra (tiger traps,p. 123), golayantraka (machines as like globes,p. 78) etc....
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