Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.170
Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.170
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³⁵ *The Life of Apollonius of Tyana* by Philostratus (c. 217 A.D.) has references to Brahmans and the employment of mechanically contrived figures for service and mechanical singing birds. (THORNDIKE, *op. cit.*, Vol. I, pp. 250-66, especially 252 and 266).