[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) › c2.98 # Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.98 Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient India c2.98 - **Language:** English ### [c2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.98) forms the full text of the truncated \*Daśakumāracarita\*, and the introductory portions referred to are still in manuscript.²² In one of the introductory verses praising earlier poets, Daṇḍin introduces yantras; praising the author of the \*Mahābhārata\*, he says that, but for the knowledge that Vyāsa infused in us, we would merely be human machines:— - [Previous: c2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.97) - [Next: c2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.99) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Daśakumāracarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.dasakumaracarita) — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.raghavan-1952.c2.98) · Pramāṇa