[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) › c2.36 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.36 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.36 - **Language:** English ### [c2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.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:— - [Previous: c2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.35) - [Next: c2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.37) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.6.3.16) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.36) · Pramāṇa