[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) › c2.57 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.57 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.57 - **Language:** English ### [c2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.57) \*Ūrdhvabāhu\* is similarly an overhead column which comes down upon a man and puts him to death. - [Previous: c2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.56) - [Next: c2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.58) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.57) · Pramāṇa