Viman Shastra - Written by Sage Maharshi Bharadwaaja
"Shakunaadyaah Panchavimshat Kritakaah." Sootra 4.
In English - "Shakuna and other 25 types of Vimaanas are Kritakaah."
Bodhaananda Vritti Says :
In shape and movements there is no difference in the vimaanas, except in the matter of the use of mantraas and tantraas. The kritaka or artificial vimaanas are of 25 varieties.
Shownaka sootra Says :
"Tishyay kritaka bhedaah panchavigamshat
In English - In Kaliyuga, the kritaka or artificial vimaanas are said to be 25. Their names are given below as indicated by sage Gowtama: shakuna, sundara, rukmaka, mandala, vakratunda, bhadraka, ruchaka, viraajaka, bhaaskara, gajaavarta, powshkala, viranchika, nandaka, kumuda, mandara, hamsa, shukaasya, sowmyaka, krownchaka, padmaka, symhika, panchabaana, owryaayana, pushkara, and kodanda.
Maharshi Bharadwaaja Says :
"Raaja-lohaadet
In English - "These should be built out of Raajaloha."
Bodhaananda Vritti Says :
These 25 kinds of vimaanas are to be made of Raajaloha metal only.
Kriyaasaara Says :
In manufacturing artificial aeroplanes the best of metals are those known as Ooshmapaa or heat-imbibing or heat resisting metals. Out of them the variety known as Raajaloha or king of metals is most suited to Shakuna and other vimaanas.
Maharshi Bharadwaaja Says :
Three kinds of metals, soma, soundaala, and maardweeka, in the proportion of 3, 8, and 2, adding borax, to be filled in crucible or smelter, and placed in furnace, and heated to 272 degrees, and melted thoroughly, and churned, will result in the alloy Raajaloha.
Vishwambhara Says :
"In the science of metals, for the manufacture of Vimanas, 16 types of Ooshmapaa or heat-sucking lohas or metals are the very best. The fourth in that series, is called Raajaloha. Out of that alone should Shakuna Vimaana be constructed."
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