[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) › c2.115 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.115 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.115 - **Language:** English ### [c2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.115) That mechanical fountains were constructed as a necessary adjunct to all palaces is seen even in the casual descriptions in the dramas, the \*Mālavikāgni-mitra\* (II. 12) and the \*Nāgānanda\* (III. 7) for example, describing jala-yantras.²⁶ The mechanical breeze-lady in the \*yantradhārā-gṛha\* in the park has her companion within the bedchamber where Somadeva Sūri describes how near the bed was a \*yantra-putrikā\* plying a fan for the King's relief. - [Previous: c2.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.114) - [Next: c2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.116) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.7) — Harṣavardhana, Sanskrit - [Mālavikāgnimitra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.malavikagnimitra) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.115) · Pramāṇa