[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) › c2.144 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.144 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.144 - **Language:** English ### [c2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.144) On smaller mechanical objects also we have some information in the \*Ślokasaṁgraha\* of Budhasvāmin (Chapter XIX, p. 287). At Campā, when Naravāhanadatta was staying with Gandharvadattā, they heard the story of the origin of a local water festival. An old King of Campā had a Queen whose \*dohada\* during pregnancy expressed itself as a desire to move about in waters filled with all sorts of aquatic beings. For her sake the King dammed a river, widened it into a big lake and fitted it with wooden replicas (\*Dāru-yantras\*) of crocodiles, fishes, etc., which moved freely in the water, and there let her sport in a vessel shaped like an aerial vehicle. - [Previous: c2.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.143) - [Next: c2.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.145) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.144) · Pramāṇa