[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) › c2.180 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.180 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.180 - **Language:** English ### [c2.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.180) Other entertaining yantras are speaking, singing and dancing birds, a dancing elephant, horse or monkey, water going up and descending, a mock-fight and others worked by the manipulation of air. (73-78). - [Previous: c2.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.179) - [Next: c2.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.181) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Cites (1) - [Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.samaranganasutradhara) — Bhoja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.180) · Pramāṇa