Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.218

c2.218

An important point to be noted in Bhoja's treatment is that he discusses the views of some earlier writers (XXXI.6), expressly mentions some of his yantras as having been described by the ancients (84), and refers to *yantra-śāstra-adhikāra* as comprising five sections (88). All this implies the existence of a technical literature on the yantras. Daṇḍin, we noted, mentioned earlier authors on the subject, Brahma, Indra and Parāśara.