vimana shastra
---- Sage
Maharshi Bharadwaja
Abstract
Ancient
advanced aerodynamic flying vehicles originally written in Sanskrit text
Presented by ,
SANTOSH DANDIN
Introduction
Vaimanika Shastra is an ancient Hindu text written in
Sanskrit, which holds back its origin to creators from Vedic sage Maharshi
Bharadwaja and other Rishis.
Vimanas are widely described in the genuine ancient texts
such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, as well as other later texts such as the
dramas of Kalidasa. They are not metaphors or hyperbole, nor do you have to be
a god to own or ride one as in other mythologies. They are treated as
manufactured, physical objects, even if portrayed as fanciful flying houses,
invested with magical powers of levitation. Sometimes they are simply employed
as a plot device to get characters from one end of India to the other quickly.
Often they are portrayed as weapons of war. Also compelling, in my mind, are
the descriptions of ancient Indian weapons that bear a striking resemblance to
artillery, mechanized infantry, chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, as
well as high powered lasers or other energy beams. So there are abundant
mysteries to explore in the ancient texts, which you can do at sacred-texts'
Hindu texts area.
Vimana capabilities includes means to view remote images on
screens, listen to remote sounds, disguise the vimana as clouds or other
images, create terrifying sounds, and so on . There is an extensive discussion
of the various types of vimanas and their construction, including some that can
double as boats or submarines. There are
discourses on the structure of the atmosphere, aeronautic hazards and how to avoid
them, and even a section on diet and clothing for aviators! Of interest is the
discussion of flying through the various yugas (epochs): in the earliest, most
spiritual yuga, people could fly without any mechanical contrivances.
The text is top-heavy with long lists of often bizarre
ingredients used to construct various subsystems. This includes items such as
monkey skin, eagle bones, sea-foam, and many that are only named in Sanskrit.
Often the recipes are a mix of plant, animal and mineral ingredients, and
involve mixing these ingredients and cooking them at high temperature in a
furnace shaped like an animal, such as a frog. One wonders whether we are
talking about metallurgy here, or some kind of alchemy. Most of the systems are
described as mechanical devices, powered by steam, electricity or even solar
power; a number literally involve smoke and mirrors.
RUKMA
VIMANA
Bodhaananda Vritti:
This vimaana is of golden colour. Therefore it is called
Rumi vimaana, Rumi meaning gold. The Rukma should be made out of Raajaloha
only. By duly processing, Raajaloha can be made to assume golden colour. That
metal should be used for the vimaana.
"Yaana-Bindu" says,
"After first producing golden colour for Rajala, the
vimaana should be formed."
"Varna-sarvasva" mentions the colouring process:
Praana-kshaara or ammonium chloride 4 parts, wild Bengal
gram 32 parts, shashakanda (or lodhra?) benzoin? 18 parts, naaga or lead 20
parts, sea-foam 16 parts, maakshika or iron pyrites 6 parts, panchaanana or
iron 20 parts, paara or mercury 15 parts, kshaara-traya or 3 kinds of salt:
natron, salt-petre, borax, 28 parts, panchaanana or mica 20 parts, hamsa or
silver 17 parts, garada or aconite 8 parts, and panchaamrita or 5
sweets--curds, milk, ghee, sugar, honey, these should be filled in the melter,
and after boiling, and drawing the liquid through two outlets, fill in the
crucible and place in furnace, and blow to 800 degrees' heat, and then transfer
it to the cooler.
That will be Raajaloha, pure, golden-coloured, tensile, and
mild. The vimaana, made out of this loha or alloy, will be very beautiful and
delightful.
The Peetha
The peetha or ground plate of the Rukma vimaana should be
tortoise-shaped, 1000 feet long, and 1 foot thick, or any other desired size.
On its eight sides, 20 feet long spaces should be fixed underneath the peetha.
At each centre fixtures like birds' beaks should be attached with revolving
keelakas. Then double iron-balls or wheels, in couples, should be fixed in each
of the 8 centres.
Ayas-chakra
Lalla gives the form of ayaschakra-pinda:
12 feet long and wide, and 8 kankushtas in weight, they
should be made round like a grind-stone. They should be inserted in the beaks
at the 8 centres. From each chakra-pinda up to the electrical generator chain
wires should be connected with switches.
Batinikaa-Stambha
Or Button-switch
pole
One foot wide and 4 feet high poles should be fixed. They
should have switches wired up to the electric pole. 8 inches wide wheels should
be fixed in the middle of the pole, on either side, with wires. From the
electric pole chain wires should enclose the wheels and be fixed in another pole
with inside hinges. On the top of the poles should be fixed goblet shaped cups
with buttonswitches like half-blooms with wheels and keys, so that on pressing
the button with the thumb the wheels in the other pole will revolve from
electric contact. Then the wheels in the electric pole will also revolve,
producing 5000 linkas of speed.
Flying
Due to this electrical force, the ayah-pinda wheels beneath
the peetha will beat against it and make it rise and move upwards. And by
moving the switches of the wheeled poles above the peetha, the poles will
revolve with speed, and accelerate the speed of the vimaana. By the concussion
of the wheels underneath, and the action of the poles above, the vimaana will
move upwards and gain height and fly with dignity.
Electric tube wheels aiding flight:
Above the peetha, naalas or tubes should be fixed at 1 foot
intervals. On both sides of each naala toothed wheels 2 feet wide and 1 foot
high should be fixed with proper keelakas. Taking electric wires through the
keelakas, and passing over the wheels and reaching the foot of each naala, they
should be attached to wheels 3 feet wide and 3 feet high. In the midst of 20
naalas a pole should be fixed in the centre .
Narayana says:
Preparing a pillar 4 feet wide and 4 feet high, and making a
2 feet opening in its middle, fix keelakas at the top, middle, and lower end of
the opening. Two keelakas with 6 wheels, with glass coverings, with wires, and
naala and leather covering should be fixed at the lower end for attracting
electricity. In the middle part of the opening, for transmitting the current, a
five-faced keelaka should be fixed, with 5 wheels, glass covering, 2 naala
tubes, two wires, attached to 3 rods, and vessel containing veginee oil. By the
flow of the current the wheels in the upper end should be made to whirl by
properly adjusting keys. In front of the opening a big wheel should be fixed
with gumbha keelakas. Similarly wheels should be fixed at the foot of each
pillar. On top of them a four inch wide pattika or flat band should be adjusted
commencing from the samsarga key chakra up to the front of the electric yantra.
By operating that key, power will flow through the wires, and entering the key
at the foot of the pillar set the wheels in motion. On the motion of the big
wheel the sandhi-wheels in the naala-dandas will also revolve with speed, and
the current will enter the 5 faced keelaka, and entering the oil vessel it will
gather force, and passing through the 2 naalas, set all the wheels in the
pillar in forceful motion, generating 25000 linkas speed, which will give the
vimaana 105 krosa or nearly 250 miles speed per ghatika, or 24 minutes.
Having dealt with the mechanism for setting the vimaana in
motion, we now consider the mechanism for giving direction to the vimaana in
its course. In the 8 diks or directions of the peetha, pillars made of mica and
shining like panchakantha, 2 feet thick and 15 feet high should be fixed at
intervals of 10 feet. On the pillars should be built the passenger seating
arrangements, and booths or locations for the machinery, as in the case of the
Sundara Vimaana. The pillars should be made of mica only .
Its production is given in Kriyaasaara:
Shaara-graava or lime 25 parts, kshwinkaasatva or
iron-sulphate 30 parts, gunja or wild-liquorice 28 parts, tankana or borax 12
parts, roudree moola 8 parts, chaandree or kantakaari....solanum xanthocarpum
flower salt 2 part, purified shoonya or mica 100 parts,, to be filled in koorma
crucible, and heated in paadma furnace with blower to 800 degrees, and then
poured into the cooler, will yield mica alloy most useful and attractive.
Fashioning the pillars or walls or partitions and booths, and fixing the
mechanisms for turning, circling, diving, and manoeuvring, in the fore and
middle and aft of the vimaana, it could be moved in any direction as desired.
Lallaacharya says:
In order to make the vimaana change its course from one path
to another or one direction to another, revolving keelakas should be fixed on
the eight sides of the vimaana. Two keelakas should be made, purva and apara,
or right side and left side. They should be fitted together.
By operating it, the vimaana could be made to change its
course one way or another. In order to operate the keelaka, at the peetha
moola, on the 4 sides crescent shaped naalaas or tubes, 2 feet wide and 2 feet
high should be fixed. 4 inches long metal rods should be fixed inside the
naalaas on either side. One foot wide and 1 foot high wheels should be fixed in
them. They should be wired all around. Such crescent naalas should be fixed on
the 4 sides of the peetha. In order to set the wheels in the naalas in motion
big wheels should be fixed at the beginning, middle, and end of the naalas. By
turning the top wheel with speed the wheels inside the naalas will revolve.
That will force the keela-shankus to twist round so as to force the vimaana to
change its course in the required direction.
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