Theos-Talk Archives (October 2000 Message tt00032)

Most of the "chariots" found in the paintings of N. Roerich are symbols of
the "Chalice." The Chalice is often times depicted as given to a "warrior" -
one of peace. For example Buddha, it is reported was given a Chalice, which,
after he died was then stored in Shamballa. History says that this
particular "Chalice," when it is given to a "messenger" ... contains the
teachings of the Kalachakra.

Joleen Du Bois
http://www.wmea-world.org

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From: <arthra999@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 7:57 AM
Subject: Theos-World India's ancient flying machines, the "vimanas":


> The celestial chariots and such have a long history in the great
> epics
> of India. I came across a fascinating article on the subject and
> decided to share part of it. If there is interest I will share the
> remainder.
>
> The following is an excerpt from Dr. Gopalakrishna's article:
>
> In the Vedic literature of India, there are many descriptions of
> flying
> machines that are generally called vimanas. These fall into two
> categories:
> (l) manmade craft that resemble airplanes and fly with the aid of
> birdlike
> wings, and (2) unstreamlined structures that fly in a mysterious
> manner and
> are generally not made by human beings. The machines in category (l)
> are
> described mainly in medieval, secular Sanskrit works dealing with
> architecture, automata, military siege engines, and other mechanical
> contrivances. Those in category (2) are described in ancient works
> such as
> the Rg Veda, the Maha-bha-rata, the Rama-yana, and the Pura-nas. In
> addition, there is one book entitled Vaima-nika-sa-stra that was
> dictated
> in trance during this century and purports to be a transcription of an
> ancient work preserved in the akashic record. This document gives an
> elaborate description of vimanas of both categories.
>
> In this chapter, I will survey some of the available literature on
> vimanas,
> beginning with the texts dating from late antiquity and the medieval
> period. The latter material is described in some detail by V.
> Raghavan
> in
> an article entitled "Yantras or Mechanical Contrivances in Ancient
> India."
> I will begin by discussing the Indian lore regarding machines in
> general
> and then turn to flying machines.
>
> Machines in Ancient and Medieval India
>
> In Sanskrit, a machine is called a yantra. The word yantra is defined
> in
> the Samarangana-sutradhara of King Bhoja to be a device that
> "controls
> and
> directs, according to a plan, the motions of things that act each
> according
> to its own nature." There are many varieties of yantras. A simple
> example
> would be the taila-yantra, a wheel that is pulled by oxen around a
> circular
> track to crush seeds and extract their oil. Other examples are
> military
> machines of the kind described in the Arthasastra of Kautilya,
> written
> in
> the 3rd century B.C. These include the sarvato-bhadra, a rotating
> wheel
> that hurls stones, the sara-yantra, an arrow-throwing machine, the
> udghatima, a machine that demolishes walls using iron bars, and many
> more.
>
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