[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) › c2.164 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.164 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.164 - **Language:** English ### [c2.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.164) from public view; the \*Vāhya\*, or the machine to be carried by another; and the third, which is really obscure, but may be interpreted as the distant or proximate, meaning thereby the place from which the machine acts (10-11). Some move many persons and things while others require many persons to move them (49). That machine is best whose principle of action is concealed,³⁴ which achieves manifold purposes and which excites wonder (12). - [Previous: c2.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.163) - [Next: c2.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.165) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.samaranganasutradhara.31.10) — Bhoja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.164) · Pramāṇa