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Vymaanika shaastra
by,
Sowmya Thyagarajan,
Hemlata sharma ,
Raghu Nandan Singh.
Flight dream of
humankind
Vi’ - ‘Bird’ and ‘Mana’ - ‘like’.
MaharshiBharadwaja’s -
‘VymaanikaShastra’ ‘
‘Science of Aeronautics’ .
FOUR VARIANTS
Vymanikaprakaranam , Vymanikashastra
Vimanashastra ,BruhadVimanaShastra
P I L O T
Rahasyagnodhikari custodian of the secrets of
the Vimana and its systems
pilot is the skilled operator full
knowledge of the features provided on
the vimana
Thirty-two such secrets or features
were provided for them
The pilot referred to
‘AakaashaYodhah’,
warrior in the sky.
He is even called a ’ fighter in
the sky’.
Mahabharata stipulates at least
ten types of aerobatic movements
for combatants.
TYPES OF VIMANAS
Shakuna
Sundara
Rukmana
Tripura
SHAKUNA VIMANA
Peetha (floor board), threewheeled
keelakas (hinges) with holes,
four heaters, air suction pipes,
water jacket, oil tank, two wings,
Tail portion to enable the vimana to fly,
owshyamaka yantra or heat engine,
PRINCIPLES
great importance tail portion
for the generation of lift
wings contribute to the life of
the craft and the tail portion to
its controllability.
MATERIALS
floor board -- ‘raja loha’made from
‘prana kshara’ (ammoniumchloride),
Bengal gram, benzoin, mercury borax,
mica, silver, and ‘panchamrita’, all
mixed
heatedto 800 ‘kaksha’ (unit of
temperature), and poured out.
SUNDARA VIMANA
five tires ground plate,
smoke chimney, five gas
engines,
metal pipe wind blower,
Electricity generator,
four faced heater, outer
cover.
PRINCIPLE Electricity combination of friction, heat,
solar rays, waterfall
‘jyotirmukha’ and several other materials
including sixteen ‘drona’ measures of
donkey’s urine!
The use of 80 ‘link’ of electricity is
expected to vaporize oil.
appears that by operating some switches,
these two (oil and steam) can be mixed to
produce500 ‘kaksha’ heat.
passed through a pipe called ‘shundala’
(like elephant’s trunk) for purposes of
propulsion.
air is sucked from the bottom, and
hotgases are allowed to exhaust
through pipes toward the top. And produce
force to lift the plane up a statement
RUKMA VIMANA
upward flight would be feasible by
running the fans to suck air from the
top and send it down the ducts,
generating a lift in the process
a vertical takeoff and landing craft
(VTOL).
lift is generated by the beating of
ayahpinda’ wheels against the
floor ,Raja loha is the material used.
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