[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) › c2.142 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.142 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.142 - **Language:** English ### [c2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.142) This fulfilment of the Queen’s \*dohada\* during her pregnancy, for an aerial flight, has an echo in Jain Kāvya literature also; in Vādībhasimha’s \*Gadyacintāmaṇi\* ³⁰ and \*Kṣatracūḍāmaṇi\* ³¹, carpenters make a peacock-like aerial car (\*Mayūra-yantra\*) for the pleasure flight of Queen Vijayā. - [Previous: c2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.141) - [Next: c2.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.143) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kṣatracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.ksatracudamani) — Vādībhasiṃha, Sanskrit - [Gadyacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.gadyacintamani) — Vādībhasiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.142) · Pramāṇa