Vymaanika
Shaastra Aeronautics of Maharshi Bharadwaaja - By G. R. Josyer
(excerpts)
Rahasyagnyodhikaaree
- Sutra 2.
"The pilot is one who knows the secrets"
Bodhaanada: Scientists say that there are 32
secrets of the working of the Vimaana. A pilot should acquaint himself
thoroughly with them before he can be deemed competent to handle the aeroplane.
He must know the structure of the aeroplane, know the means of its take off and
ascent to the sky, know how to drive it and how to halt it when necessary, how
to maneuver it and make it perform spectacular feats in the sky without
crashing. Those secrets are given in "Rahashya
Lahari" and other works
by Lalla and other masters, are are described thus:
"The pilot should have had training in
maantrica and taantrica, kritaka and antaraalaka, goodha or hidden, drishya and
adrishya or seen and unseen, paroksha and aparoksha, contraction and expansion,
changing shape, look frightening, look pleasing, become luminous or enveloped in
darkness, deluge or pralaya, vimukha, taara, stun by thunderstorm din, jump,
move zig-zag like serpent, chaapala, face all sides, hear distant sounds, take
pictures, know enemy maneuver, know direction of enemy approach, stabdhaka or
paralyse, and karshana or exercise magnetic pull.
These 32 secrets the pilot should learn from
competent preceptors and only such a person is fit to be entrusted with an
aeroplane, and not others.
Some of these secrets are:
1. Goodha: As explained in 'Vaayutatva-Prakarana',
by harnessing the powers, Yaasaa, Viyaasaa, Prayaasaa in the 8th atmospheric
layer covering the earth, to attract the dark content of the solar ray, and use
it to hide the Vimana from the enemy.
2. Drishya: By collision of the electric power
and wind power in the atmosphere, a glow is created, whose reflection is to be
caught in the Vishwa-Kriya-drapana or mirror at the front of the Vimana, and by
its manipulation produce a Maaya-Vimana or camouflaged Vimana.
3. Vimukha: As mentioned in "Rig-hridaya",
by projecting the force of Kubera, Vimukha and Vyshawaanara poison powder
through the third tube of the roudree mirror and turning the switch of the air
mechanism, produce wholesale insensibility and coma.
4. Roopaakarshana: By means of the photographic
yantra in the Vimana to obtain a television view of things inside an enemy's
plane.
5. Stabdhak: By projecting apasmaara poison fume
smoke through the tube on the north side on the Vimana, and discharging it with
stambhana yantra, people in enemy planes will be made unconscious.
6. Chaapla: On sighting an enemy plane, by
turning the switch in the force center in the middle section of the Vimana, a
4087 revolutions an hour atmospheric wave speed will be generated, and shake up
the enemy plane.
7. Parashabda Graahaka: As explained in the
"Sowdaaminee Kalaa: or science of electronics, by means of the sound
capturing yantra in the Vimana, to hear the talks and sound in enemy planes
flying in the sky.
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According to Shownaka, the regions of the sky are
5, named, Rekhaapathaha, Mandala, Kakshaya, shakti and Kendra. In these 5
atmospheric regions, ther are 5,19,800 air ways traversed by Vimanas of the
Seven Lokas or worlds, known as Bhooloka, Bhuvarloka, Suvarloka, Maholoka,
Janoloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka. Dhundinaatha and "Valalmeeki Ganita"
state that Rekha has 7,03,00,800 air routes. Mandala has 20,08,00200 air routes,
Kakshya has 2,09,00,300 air routes, Shakti has 10,01,300 air routes, and Kendra
has 30,08,200 air routes.
It discusses what kind of food to eat, clothing
to wear, metals for
vimanas, purification of metals, deals with mirrors and lenses which are
required to be installed in the vimaanas, mechanical contrivances or yantras and
protecting and different types of vimaanas.
(source: Vymaanika
Shaastra Aeronautics of Maharshi Bharadwaaja - By G. R. Josyer
International Academy of Sanskrit Research 1973). Also
Refer to Vymanika
Shashtra - Aeronautical Society of India.
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Stealth
bomber from shastra
A glass-like material based
on technology found in an ancient Sanskrit text that could ultimately be used in
a stealth bomber (the material cannot be detected by radar) has been developed
by a research scholar of Benaras Hindu University.
Prof M A Lakshmithathachar,
Director of the Academy of Sanskrit Research
in Melkote, near Mandya, told Deccan Herald that tests conducted with the
material showed radars could not detect it. “The unique material cannot be
traced by radar and so a plane coated with it cannot be detected using radar,”
he said.
The academy had been
commissioned by the Aeronautical Research Development Board, New Delhi, to take
up a one-year study, ‘Non-conventional approach to Aeronautics,’ on the
basis of an old text, Vaimanika Shastra, authored by
Bharadwaj.
Though the period to which
Bharadwaj belonged to is not very clear, Prof Lakshmithathachar noted, the
manuscripts might be more 1,000 years old.
The project aims at deciphering the Bharadwaj’s
concepts in aviation.
However, Prof Lakshmithathachar was quick to add that a collaborative effort
from scholars of Sanskrit, physics, mathematics and aeronautics is needed to
understand Bharadwaj’s shastra.
The country’s interest in
aviation can be traced back over 2,000 years to the mythological era and the
epic Ramayana tells of a supersonic-type plane, the
Pushpak Vimana, which could fly at the speed of thought.
“The shastra has
interesting information on vimanas (airplanes), different types of metals and
alloys, a spectrometer and even flying gear,” the professor said. The shastra
also outlines the metallurgical method to prepare an alloy very light and strong
which could withstand high pressure.
He said Prof Dongre of BHU
had brought out a research paper Amshubondhini after studying Vaimanika Shastra
and developed the material. “There have been sporadic efforts to develop
aeronautics in the country’s history. There has never been a holistic approach
to it. Vaimanika Shastra throws up many interesting details that can benefit
Indian aviation programme,” the director added.
Prof Lakshmithathachar
rubbished the tendency among certain scholars to discount such ancient Sanskrit
texts and said, “Why would our scholars want to cheat future generations?
Unless it was important, nothing was written in the old days. The fact that
there exists manuscripts indicates the significance.”
The academy has also
embarked on other projects including ‘Indian concept of Cosmology’ with
Indian Space Research Organisation, ‘Iron & Steel in Ancient India — A
Historical Perspective’ with the Steel Authority of India Limited, and
‘Tools & Technology of Ancient India.’
(source:
Stealth
bomber from shastra - deccan herald
November 2, 02).
For
more refer to chapters on Sanskrit
and War in Ancient
India.
Also Refer to Vymanika
Shashtra - Aeronautical Society of India.