History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s6.65

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The use of the term cakkavaṭṭakam in the Cullavagga and the first occurrence of the name arahaṭṭaghaṭīyantra in the Samantapāsādikā suggest that a specific name for the device took centuries to establish. For the introduction of the araghaṭṭa device a date in the 2nd-3rd century may not be much beyond the mark. Amarasimha, the lexicographer, does not record technical terms associated with the device, suggesting that they had not come into regular usage. A critical analysis of these terms in the lexicons (Gopal, Aspects, pp 142-49) later than the Amarakośa shows how these terms gradually came into general acceptance.