[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) › c2.63 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.63 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.63 - **Language:** English ### [c2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.63) \*Musala\* and \*Yaṣṭi\* are well-known; Hastivāraka is interpreted as a two- or three-pronged iron rod, \*Hastiparigha\*, for striking at elephants, but may really mean, as seen from a reference in Daṇḍin's \*Avantisundarī\*, a machine which hurls heavy iron rods to smite and demoralize the elephants. - [Previous: c2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.62) - [Next: c2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.64) - [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.c2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.63) · Pramāṇa