[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) › c2.52 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.52 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.52 - **Language:** English ### [c2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.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\*. - [Previous: c2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.51) - [Next: c2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.53) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mudrārākṣasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rajacarita.mudraraksasa) — Viśākhadatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.52) · Pramāṇa