Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.108

c2.108

We now proceed to cite some texts on the existence and popularity of a different category of yantras. Till now we have been dealing with yantras having mainly the background of war. The yantras we shall now deal with are accessories of pleasure and entertainment, and more properly come under household fittings and architectural engineering. Some of them are for the reduction of human labour, some for sport and merriment,—toys and gadgets of miscellaneous kinds for entertainment.