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.