[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) › c2.25 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.25 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.25 - **Language:** English ### [c2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.25) Mechanical skill had produced in ancient India many accessories for scientific activities, such as surgical instruments in medicine, the \*pākayantras\* or laboratory equipment in medicine, \*Rasāyana\*, and the astronomical yantras⁵ described in Jyotiṣa works. These belong to a different category. Nor do I propose to touch upon very late material, when Sanskrit writers translated or reproduced from Persian works, as for instance the \*Bhārotthāpana-yantra-nirmāṇa\* on weight- - [Previous: c2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.24) - [Next: c2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.26) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.25) · Pramāṇa