Text Book of Rasa Sastra
author: K. Rama Chandra Reddy
edition: 2010, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Bhawan
pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9788189986414
Topic: Rasashastra
Yantra (10): Definition of Yantra
This page describes Yantra (10): Definition of Yantra located on page 76 in the book Text Book of Rasa Sastra composed by K. Rama Chandra Reddy. This book contains a collection of scientific articles based on the principles of Rasasastra (Rasashastra) and contains Sanskrit text of ancient literature, as well as modern English scientific documentation. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) [by Bhagyashree Sarma]
Moreover, a specific definition of gita is also found in the Sangitadamodara of Shubhankara as— dhatumatusamayuktam gitamityucyate budhaih/ tatra nadatmako dhaturmaturaksharasancayah// From the above definition, it can be seen that in the Sangitadamodara, the word gita is taken to denote instrumental and vocal Music together by applying the words dhatu and matu respectively. It is more clear from the second line of the definition....
Read full contents: 1. A Note on Music
Vastu-shastra (4): Palace Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
Yantra and its Elements (Yantra-bijas). What is a Yantra? The Samaranganasutradhara opens with the definition of Yantra, that it is so called, because it controls and directs, according to a plan, the motions of things that act upon each other according to its own nature. That is a Yantra or machine is one which controls the Bhutas and makes them serve a specific purpose....
Read full contents: Chapter 3b - Yantra and its Elements (Yantra-bijas)
Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) [by D. N. Shukla]
It gives an honoured place to the topic of Yantra-ghatana, the art of mechanical construction (cf. the 31st chap. ) delineating upon the definition of the yantra, its elements, qualities and manifold varieties of pleasure-machines, toy-machines, the machines of warfare as well as the domestic machines like Dvarapala-yantra, the door-keepermachine, Yodha-yantra, the soldier-machine, etc....
Read full contents: Introduction to the Samarangana-Sutradhara
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