Bhutavahanayantra, Bhūtavāhanayantra, Bhutavahana-yantra: 1 definition
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: academia.edu: Bhoja’s Mechanical GardenBhūtavāhanayantra (भूतवाहनयन्त्र) or simply Bhūtavāhana refers to “mechanical beings animated by a kind of life force”, as mentioned in the 12th century Lokapaññati (“description of the world”), a Pali text from Burma.—[...] Roma, according to the story, was filled with makers of automata—what the text calls literally “machines that were the vehicles of spirits,” bhūtavāhanayanta, or mechanical beings animated by a kind of life force. In Roma, these machines carried out many functions, like commerce (buying and selling), agriculture, and protection. The secrets of this technology were fiercely guarded, and the machine-makers (yantakāras) of Roma were expected to report periodically to the royal court. If there was any prolonged absence, an automaton was sent to hunt down and kill the errant artisan, preventing the knowledge from spreading to other realms.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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Partial matches: Yantra, Bhutavahana.
Full-text: Bhutavahana.
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