[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) › c2.162 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.162 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.162 - **Language:** English ### [c2.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.162) Bhoja then discusses whether \*Sūta\* or mercury, which is an indispensable ingredient, is to be held as one of the \*Bījas\* along with Earth, Water, etc. Some earlier writers had counted it separately as a \*Bīja\*. Bhoja says that mercury is essentially \*Pārthiva\*, \*i.e.\*, to be brought under Earth, though one might find it in the liquid state and also possessing a property causing motion, like wind. (6-8). - [Previous: c2.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.161) - [Next: c2.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.163) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.samaranganasutradhara.31.6) — Bhoja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.162) · Pramāṇa