Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.52

c2.52

*Viśvāsaghāti*: An iron bar placed across the path in the approaches to the city, which, manipulated by a mechanical device, falls down and pounds a man. It belongs to the class mentioned above for killing unwanted persons and the *yantra-toraṇa* mentioned in the *Mudrārākṣasa*.