Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.36

c2.36

And over the moats are bridges which are controlled by numerous big yantras (3.16, 17). That such yantras were employed on the field is seen in a description of Kumbhakarṇa, in *Yuddha* 61.32, where his giant figure striding the streets of Laṅkā is compared to a huge yantra that has been set up:—