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Metal / Materials and
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Process of
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1. Darpana for Kiranaakarshana yantra or Solar ray
capturing mirror – in pariveshakriyaa
yantra |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
frog-shaped crucible ® placed in
frog shaped furnace ® use two
winged Bellows and melt up to 300° d
® pour the
molten liquid in to mould.
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2.
Prathibhimba-Arka-Kiranakarshana Naala.
For attracting
reflections of solar
Rays.
Text: Nallika
nirnaya
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Prescribed ingredient
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
Samavargika crucible ® placed in
Samavargika furnace ® using
Suragha bellow melt up to 315° ® pour in to
receptacle ® darpana
suitable for attracting reflected solar rays is
obtained.
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3. Sunda-mud made
glass in puspini –yantra.
Text: Parthiva paka
kalpa
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Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
crucibles ® heat in
Tortoise shaped furnace for 32 times at 100° using 2
faced bellows ® pour in to
cooling yantra to get the mirror.
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4.
Abhra-mrid Darpana in
Padma Chakra Mukha yantra.
Text: Yantra sarvasva and
Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
crucible ® placed in
Varrathakunda furnace ® boiled to
200 ° and poured
in to mould
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5.
Cold producing
cristals in pushpini --yantra.
Text:
Maniprakarana |
Prescribed ingredients
in Specified proportions purified and mixed In Mritkundala moosha ® heated in
Kula kundika furnace ® using
Trayambaka bellows up to 300° ® pour the
boiled liquid in to crystal forming yantra to get pure hard and intensely
cold crystal |
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6.
Vaataayanee metal or
window metal In Pinjoola Adarsha
Yantra. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
crucible and heated in furnace up to 100° ® pour and
cool. |
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7.
Suranjitaadarsha
Darpana in Guhagarbha
Yantra.
Text: Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions
purified and mixed ® filled in
beaked crucible ® placed in
Varaaha furnace ® using
tortoise shaped bellows ® heat up to
100° and pour
in to mould. |
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8.
Anjishta Tree (Madder
root) in Guhagarbha
yantra.
Text: Aagatatwa Lahari |
The wood of the tree
best suited for capturing reflections. |
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9. Dravapaatra or Acid vessel
in
pushpini
yantra
Text: Darpana
prakarana.
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Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in lotus shaped
crucible ® heated in
lotus shaped furnace using five mouthed bellows to 323° ® pour in to
cooling yantra to get Sheeta ranjikadarsha or cold-receptacle
glass.
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10.
Panchadhara
Loha in Guhagarbha--yantra.
To
make metal pivots in yantras.
Strong and heavy |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
Mrugendra Moosha crucible placed in furnace ® using
beaked bellows heat up to 300° ® pour in to
the mould to get a fine alloy metals |
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11. Paaragrandhika
Drava.
An acid for insertion
of crystal
Chumbakamani in Guhagarbha Yantra |
Ingredients to be
heated in big bellied earthen pot to yield drava shining like
gold. |
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12.
Chumbakamani.
One of the
finest crystals to capture
Reflections—guhagarbha
yantra.
Text:
Manipradeepika. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, placed in Karpalaa crucible ® baked in
furnace using owl nosed bellows up to 100° yields
Chumbakamani. |
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13. Image producing Niryaasa or
Roopakarsha Niryaasa or Special
Varnish ® a pigment
for coating Ascreen-cloth in Guhagarbha yantra.
Text: Niryasa Kalpa |
Detailed process given
in the text. |
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14. Patadarpana in Guhagarbha
yantra.
Text: Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ®heated in a
vessel up to 100° ® hold on a
flat surface to obtain a sheet like cloth. |
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15. Tamogarbha loha in Tamogarbha yantra.
Against
poisonous fumes and Dangerours
rays from enemy.
Light and
strong |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in fish shaped
crucible ® placed in
crow shaped furnace ® heat up to
100° and pour
in to cooling receptacle. It will yield fine
darkness capturing metal |
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16. Vaatadhaarana Loha
in
panchavaataskanda-Naala.
Nice,
soft, strong, cool, light metal. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
Meayooka crucible ® placed in
Jamboomukha furnace ® using
Kakamukha bellows ® heat up to
102° ® cast in
the yantra.
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17. Rowdree darpana in Rowdree darpana yantra.
A
flame-proof-glass.
Text: Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
Padmasya crucible ® placed in
Viswodara furnace ® heat up to
200° ® pour
molten liquid in to a mould |
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18. Vaatastambana metal in
Vaatastambana Naala.
Text: Lohatatvaprakashika. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
Matsya shaped crucible ® placed in
Maghima furnace ® using
Vijrimbhana bellows ® pour in to
the mould. |
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19. Vidyut Darpana metal in
Vdiyudarpana yantra.
Text: For protection against
lightning from clouds.
Yantrasarvasva, darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in
padmasya crucible ® placed in
vishwodhara furnace ® using five
mouthed bellows ® heated to
500° results in
the alloy. |
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20. Badhira Loha or Deaf proof metal In Shabdha Kendra Mukha yantra.
Text: As per Loha Tantra. |
Ingredients in equal
parts ® cleand and
purified filled in Triyuti Crucible, placed in furnace heated ® cast in
receptacles produces metal cold, dark, sound proof, powerful, able to
control bleeding and draw out particles from wounds of
soldiers.
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21. Anti-Lightning [lightning proof]
glasses in Vidyudwadashaka yantra.
Text: Darpana prakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions, purified and mixed, filled in crucibles
® placed in
padmakara furnace ® using
simhasya bellows ® heated
300° and poured
in to reseptacles.
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22. Dambola Loha or Thunderbolt
Metal in Vidyutdwadashaka yantra.
Text: Lohatatwaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions, purified and mixed, filled in Mandooka or Frog
shaped crucibles ® placed in
five faced furnace ® using
panchamukha bellows ® heated to
500° will yield
this alloy.
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23.
Mahorna Acid –
dravakaprakarana.
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Purified ingredients
in equal parts and boiled will yield this
acid. |
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24. Vrishala Metal: in pranakundalini yantra. |
Process details not
given. |
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25. Shytyagrahaka Loha: in
Shatyudgama yantra.
Cold
absorbing metal.
Text: Loha Tantra. |
Prescribed ingredients
in equal parts purified and mixed in shundaalaka crucible ® placed in
Chanchoomukha furnace® using
Panchanana bellows will yield a fine cold absorbing
alloy.
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26. Sheetaghna Glass: Cold-proof
Glass: in Shaktyudgama yantra.
Text: Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in equal parts filled in Simhika Crucible ® placing
Padmakara furnace ® using
Shoorpodara bellows® heat up to
300° ® pour in to
mould and cool |
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27. Araara Alloy: in Vakraprasaarana yantra.
A
copper alloy, goldish colour,
Light and hard. |
Purified and boiled at
100°. |
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28. Shaktigarbha Metal:
in
Shaktipanjara keela of
Shaktipanjara yantra. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in crucibles
® placed in
Aatapaa furnace ® heating to
100° ® Charged
with electric current results in this alloy.
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29. Vishakanta Metal: in
Shiraahkeelaka yantra. |
Process details not
given. |
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30. Katana Drava: in Shabdhakarshana
yantra. |
Process details not
given. |
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31. Kwaanaadara Glass: in
Shabdhaakarshana yantra. |
Process details not
given. |
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32. Vajeemukha Metal: in
Shabdhaakarshana yantra. |
Process details not
given. |
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33.
Byndala Metal: in
Shabhdaakarshana
yantra.
A
fine light, blue alloy.
Text: Lohasarvaswa. |
Ingredients in equal
parts, powdered, purified filled in Shashamoosha crucible and heated in
Mandooka furnace ® using five
mouthed bellows to 200° will yield
a metal. |
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34.
Rutana Acid: in
Shabdhakarshana yantra.
Text:
Moolikarkaprakashita. |
Ingredients boiled in
vessels to 108° yield fine
yellow dravaka. |
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35.
Ghantarava Metal: in
Shabdhakarshana
yantra.
A fine,
light, scarlet colour metal, which
records all sounds.
Text:
:Lohatantra. |
Ingredients powdered
and purified filled Shukti crucible wrapped all round with earth ® placed in
Alaabu shaped furnace ® boiled to
500° ® poured in
to the mould. |
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36.
Pingala Darpana: in Dishampatti yantra. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions
purified and mixed filled in Matsya crucible ® placed in
Naalika furnace ® using
Gowmukhi bellows ® boiled up
to 99° and poured
in to the mould.
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37.
Somabhra: in Pattikaabrata
yantra.
A
particular variety of mica, sky colour, fine, strong,
absorbent, cure
for eye diseases. It has
diamond content and cool to
touch. |
Process details not
given except purification process. |
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38, Ravichumbakamani:
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Process details not
given. |
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39.
Special mirror for attracting solar
Heat: in Suryashaktyaprakaashana Yantra.
Text: Darpanaprakarana.
A
fine, light, strong. Golden
colour solar heat
collecting glass |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed filled in Antarmukha crucible ® placed in
Shuka mukha furnace and boiled ® poured in
Antarmukhi yantra and churn thoroughly. |
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40. Shyvaala or Moss
acid,
Shrini acid, Chaaya mukha crystal, Jyotsna acid.:
Suryashaktapakarshana yantra.
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Process details not
given. |
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41.
Kshowndeera Metal: in
Apasmaradhoomaprasarana
yantra
Text: Loha tantra. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed filled in crucible
® placed in
Chhatreemukha furnace using Surashi bellows heat up to 100° ® pour in to
mould.
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42.
Vakratunda Metal: in Sthambhana Yantra.
Text: Kriyasaara. |
Process details not
given |
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43.
Naaga Metal, Prajwalakamani, Mahoshmikamani,
Manjishta acid, Jwalinimukhimani.: in
Vyswamaara yantra.
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Process details not
there. |
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44. Raaja Loha or King of
metal:
In
the manufacture of Kritaka type of Vimanas. This alloy, a heat
resistant metal of Ooshmapaa
category is specially prescribed. This is
the fourth in the series of
alloys of Ooshmapaa category
having sixteen types.
Use of Raaja -Loha in Rukma vimana is
mentioned, Rukma means gold.
Yaana-bindu stipulate that only
after
obtaining gold colour on Raja-loha by
due process, it can be used for
covering the vimana.
Text: Yantrasarvasva.
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Mix Soma, Soundala and
Mourtwika metals in the ratio of 3:8:2. Add Borax to be filled in crucible
and melted in furnace up to 272° and
churned.
Process of imparting
gold colour on Raja-loha:
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed filled in smelter and boiled
to draw the liquid through two outlets and filled in the crucibles and
again boiled up to 800° and
transferred to the cooler. |
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45.
Haatakaasya Metal: in the
construction of Mast in Shakuna vimana.
Prescribed by Lallacharya.
Text: Yantra-kalpataru,
Lohatantra. |
Ingredients: Suvarchala or Natron (8), Laghu
Kshwinka or light Zinc (16), Laghu Bambhari (6), Copper (100) filled in
crucible ® placed in
Yasastika furnace and use Mahormi bellows ® heat up to
507°.
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46.
Dhoomagarbha alloy: in
Dhoomodgama yantra of Sundara vimana. |
Ingredients:
Himasamvardhaka, Soma and Sundala in proportions 32:25:38 filled in five
crucibles ® placed in
Chakramukha furnace ® use
Ajaamukha bellows ® heat up to
712° ® properly
churned.
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47.
Special cloth for making
Sundaleeka or fabric nozzle for
obtaining crust through exhausting of
energy as described in Sundara vimana.
Preceptor: Lallacharya.
This
fabric is a strong, soft, Cool, heat-proof, tear resistant, ash
coloured cloth. |
Ingredients filled in
a vessel ® prepare
another mixture in equal parts of Naga metal, Granthi metal, Vajra,
Vynateya, Bambharika, Kanduru, Kudapa and Kundalotpala ® boiled to
92° ® pour the
molten liquid in to milk cloth machine and churned.
Resultant product to
be cooled and put through levelling machine to obtain the special
cloth.
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48.
Chapalagrahaka Metal: in
electrical energy storing device in Sundara Vimana.
Specified for the central vessels of
storage apparatus.
Text: Lohatantra. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in Uraana crucible ® placed in
Kundodhara furnace ® use three
faced bellows and melt up to 427° ® pour in to
receptacle and cool.
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49.
Shaktiskanda Metal: in electricity Storage
vessel. |
Preparation details
not given. |
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50.
Ghrinyakarshan
Glass:
Or Solar heat absorbing mirror in
Sundara vimana.
Preceptor: Lallacharya. |
Preparation details
not given. |
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51.
Vaatamitra Metal: in
Vaataprasarana yantra in Sundara vimana.
Text: Lohatantra. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in Sarpasya crucible ® placed in
Chakramukha furnace ® using
Vaaranaasya bellows heat up to 216°.
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Kundodhara Metal: in construction of Chaturmukha owshnasya yantra of Sundara viamana.
A
blue, fine, light alloy capable of
withstanding heat up to 2000 d and
glass proof against canons, Shatagni and Sahastragni. |
Ingredients: Soma,
Kanchuka and Soundala in proportions 30:45:20 cleaned and filled in Padma
crucible ® heated in
Chatraamukha furnace ® using
Vasuki bellows and heated to 716° and poured
for cooling
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53. Mica: for manufacture of pillars
in Sundara vimana. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in Kurma crucible ® placed in
Padma furnace ® using
bellows heat up to
800° ® pour in to
cooler results in Mica alloy, very attractive for
pillars.
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54.
Trinetra-loha: in Tripura
vimana.
Explained by Shakatayana
Shines like peacock feather, fire
proof, unbreakable, weight less.
Impregnable by water, fire, air and
heat, and indestructible |
Three ingredients:
Jyothismati-loha (10), Kantha-mitra (8), Vajra-mukha-loha (16) to be
filled in crucibles ® add
Tankana or Borax (5), Trymika (7), Shrapanikaa (11), Mandalika (5),
Ruchaka or Natron (3), Mercury (3), filled in crucible ® placed in
Padma-mukha furnace and heated to 631° using Trimukhi bellows ® resulting
in liquid poured in to cooler. |
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55.
Pure Mica:
Text: Dhaatu-sarvasva.
Fifty different varieties classified
as
follows:
White Mica - 16
types
Red
Mica
-12 types
Yellow Mica - 7
types
Black Mica
-15 types
Out
of the above Pundareeka from the
first type Rohineeka from the second , Panchadhara from the
third, and Drownika
from the
fourth type to be used for vimana.
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Detailed purification
process as per Samskararatnaakara,
Detail process of preparation is also given in the main
text. |
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Vaaruna Metal: in Tripura
Vimana—a light, smoke coloured,
impregnable alloy. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in crucibl ® placed in
Padma-mukha furnace ® use five
faced bellows and heat up to 700° ® pour in to
yantra and churn ® further
purification of metal as per Kriyaasara.
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57.
Krowncha Metal : in rain
protection yantra, under Tripura vimana.
Text:
Yantrasarvasva.
Light,
strong, honey coloured, rain- water and heat
impregnated. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in crucibles and
placed in Padma furnace ® heated up
to 512° using
three face bellows ® pour in to
churning yantra and cooled.
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58. Aathapaashaana-Loha: in
Surgaathapopasamhara yantra in Tripura
vimana.
Text:
Kriyasara.
Light,
orange colour, heat proof, and
unbreakable. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in crucibles
® placed in
Nallika furnace ® using
Mooshakasya bellow heat up to 725 ° churn the
liquid and pour in to the cooler.
Further purification
as per Kriyasara
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59.
Somasa-loha: for housing in
electric generator in third floor of Tripura
vimana.
Text:
Lohatantra.
A fine,
light, suitable for use in electrical
machinery. |
Prescribed ingredients
in specified proportions purified and mixed, filled in crucible
(sarpamukha) ® placed in
Naaga furnace ® using
Shashamukha bellows and heat up to 350° ® churn the
molten metal in mixer and pour the metal.
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