[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952) › c2.104 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.104 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.104 - **Language:** English ### [c2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.104) Lalitālaya is said to be master of all kinds of yantras; the varieties mentioned in this connection are six, \*Sthita\*, \*Cara\*, \*Dhārā\*, \*Dvīpa\*, \*Jvara\* and \*Vyāmiśra\*. Other texts speak of the classes of yantras as two and five and give the classifications somewhat differently. The \*Sthita\* or \*Sthira\* and \*Cara\*—stationary and mobile—is a classification going back to Kauṭilya. \*Dhārā\* is plainly water-works; the manuscript gives the next as \*Dvīpa\*, which had been wrongly construed also by some; \*Dvīpa\*, I think, is an error for \*Dvipa\*, meaning elephant, and refers either to animal-shaped yantras or to special machines,— - [Previous: c2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.103) - [Next: c2.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.105) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.104) · Pramāṇa