The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s5.10

c13.s5.10

The work contains also discussions on *rasa*, literary "flavour", statues made of gold, silver etc., *patākā* (flag) and so on. Certain machines have interesting names such as *gajayantra* (elephant machine), *vyomachāri vihaṁgayantra* (wooden bird-machine travelling in the sky), *ākāśagāmī dārumaya vimānayantra* (wooden *vimāna* machine flying in air), *dvārapālayantra* (door keeper machine), etc. The chief topics of the work are furnished by the construction of cities, palaces, and mansions of the most diverse classes. It should be observed that the entire treatise is in verse.