32 Secrets of Pilots of Vimana

Pilots of vimana:

According to Rahasyagnyodhikaaree - Sutra 2, "The pilot is one who knows the secrets" There were 32 secrets the pilot needed to learn from competent preceptors and only such a person was fit to be entrusted with an aeroplane, and no others: 

There are 32 secrets of the working of the Vimaana. He must know the structure of the aeroplane, know the means of its take off and ascent to the sky, know how to drive it and how to halt it when necessary, how to maneuver it and make it perform spectacular feats in the sky without crashing. Those secrets are given in "Rahashya Lahari" and other works by Lalla and other masters and are described as thus: 

"The pilot should have had training in maantrica and taantrica, kritaka and antaraalaka, goodha or hidden, drishya and adrishya or seen and unseen, paroksha and aparoksha, contraction and expansion, changing shape, look frightening, look pleasing, become luminous or enveloped in darkness, deluge or pralaya, vimukha, taara, stun by thunderstorm din, jump, move zig-zag like serpent, chaapala, face all sides, hear distant sounds, take pictures, know enemy maneuver, know direction of enemy approach, stabdhaka or paralyse, and karshana or exercise magnetic pull. 

Some of these secrets are: 

1. Goodha: As explained in 'Vaayutatva-Prakarana', by harnessing the powers, Yaasaa, Viyaasaa, Prayaasaa in the 8th atmospheric layer covering the earth, to attract the dark content of the solar ray, and use it to hide the Vimana from the enemy. 

2. Drishya: By collision of the electric power and wind power in the atmosphere, a glow is created, whose reflection is to be caught in the Vishwa-Kriya-drapana or mirror at the front of the Vimana, and by its manipulation produce a Maaya-Vimana or camouflaged Vimana. 

3. Vimukha: As mentioned in "Rig-hridaya", by projecting the force of Kubera, Vimukha and Vyshawaanara poison powder through the third tube of the roudree mirror and turning the switch of the air mechanism, produce wholesale insensibility and coma. 

4. Roopaakarshana: By means of the photographic yantra in the Vimana to obtain a television view of things inside an enemy's plane. 

5. Stabdhak: By projecting apasmaara poison fume smoke through the tube on the north side on the Vimana, and discharging it with stambhana yantra, people in enemy planes will be made unconscious. 

6. Chaapla: On sighting an enemy plane, by turning the switch in the force center in the middle section of the Vimana, a 4087 revolutions an hour atmospheric wave speed will be generated, and shake up the enemy plane. 

7. Parashabda Graahaka: As explained in the "Sowdaaminee Kalaa: or science of electronics, by means of the sound capturing yantra in the Vimana, to hear the talks and sound in enemy planes flying in the sky. 

According to Shownaka, the regions of the sky are 5, named, Rekhaapathaha, Mandala, Kakshaya, shakti and Kendra. In these 5 atmospheric regions, there are 5,19,800 air ways traversed by Vimanas of the Seven Lokas or worlds, known as Bhooloka, Bhuvarloka, Suvarloka, Maholoka, Janoloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka. Dhundinaatha and "Valalmeeki Ganita" state that Rekha has 7,03,00,800 air routes. Mandala has 20,08,00200 air routes, Kakshya has 2,09,00,300 air routes, Shakti has 10,01,300 air routes, and Kendra has 30,08,200 air routes. 

It discusses what kind of food to eat, clothing to wear, metals for vimanas, purification of metals, deals with mirrors and lenses which are required to be installed in the vimaanas, mechanical contrivances or yantras and protecting and different types of vimaanas. 

Source: Vymaanika Shaastra Aeronautics of Maharshi Bharadwaaja - By G. R. Josyer International Academy of Sanskrit Research 1973 and Vymanika Shashtra - Aeronautical Society of India. 

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Town Planning of Harappa Civilization

 The twin cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were center of all activities. Both cities were a mile square, with defensive outer walls. Cities were divided into lower dwellings and the Citadel housed important buildings. In the excavated sites, the Harappan settlements were found built of mud bricks, burnt bricks and chiselled stones. Mud Bricks were largely used at Harappa, Kalibangan, Lothal and Banawali besides burnt bricks. The size of bricks remained the same everywhere. The ratio of brick size was 1:2:4. 

A remarkable feature of the large urban settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization was the regularity and order in the town planning and consideration given to the civic amenities, the sewerage system and drainage. The main streets of the cities at both Harappa and Moenjodaro were generally oriented from north to south, with connecting streets running east to west, The streets of major cities such as Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were also laid out in a perfect grid pattern, The street layout showed an understanding of the basic principles of traffic, with rounded corners to allow the turning of carts easily. These streets divided the city into 12 blocks.

Except for the west-central blocks, the basic unit of city planning was the individual house. Bricks of fixed sizes were used for building while stone and wood were also used. Buildings in the lower area were rather monotonous, being mainly functional rather than decorative.

The average house in these ancient cities appeared to have stood at least two storeys high as suggested by the thickness of the enclosing wall and by remnants of wide staircases where the steps and risers still survive to considerable height from the occupation level on the ground floor. The houses were built on plinths rising above the street level with flights of steps recessed in the wall at the front door. The doors of the houses usually opened on to the side lanes rather than on to the main streets.

The existence of a theocratic and authoritarian society indicated by the presence of large and well-fortified citadels in each of the capital cities. These citadels always face west which served as sanctuaries for the cities` populations in times of attack and as community centers in times of peace. The citadel at Harappa measuring 1400 ft. x 600 ft. on mound 40 ft. high which faced foundation with brick embankment 45 ft. thick. The citadel at Mahenjo-daro included a very large building that may have been a palace.

At Mohenjo-daro, one of the most intriguing structure is the presence of a remarkable complex of buildings centering on a great bath, "built of very fine brickwork," It consists of a large rectangular pool two meters deep with steps leading into it from the narrower ends. At the foot of the stairs is a small ledge with a brick edging that extends the entire width of the pool, such that people coming down the stairs could move along this ledge without actually stepping into the pool itself. The elaborately decorated bath at Mahenjo-daro was surrounded by a cloister, which opened onto many small rooms that may have housed priests of the city`s cults.

The great bath at Mohenjo-daro had waterproofed with bitumen. Brick colonnades were discovered on the eastern, northern and southern edges. The preserved columns have stepped edges that may have been used to hold wooden screens or window frames. Two large doors lead into the complex from the south and other entrance was from the directions of north and east. A series of rooms are located along the eastern edge of the building and in one room is a well that may have supplied some of the water needed to fill the tank. Rainwater also may have been collected for this purposes, but no inlet drains are seen.

Granaries: Large granaries were located near each of the citadels, which suggest that the state stored grain for ceremonial purposes, times of shortage, and possibly the regulation of grain production and sale.

Drainage or sewage system was another feature of the Harappan civilization. The system of drainage was advanced than found in the cities of the Middle East. Every house was connected with the sewage system. The sewage lines were running thorough the middle streets and were properly covered by the stones. The brick-lined drainage system was unique and capable of carrying the rainwater from the streets. The efficient and elaborate sanitation system was one of the main characteristic of Indus Valley Civilization. Great Bath and Public Granary were other primary features of Harappan civilization. Great bath is one of the greatest public water tanks. This reveals the washing and bathing habits of the Indus Valley people. It is about 50 meter long and built with bricks and mud. There was a public granary to store the grains.

Harappans used same scripts. They were mostly engraved on seals and in pictographic style. The Indus script has not yet been deciphered.

The Indus civilization had an elaborate sanitary and drainage system, the hallmark of ancient Indus cities., The Authorities maintained a highly efficient drainage system. Each and every house had a connection with the main drain. These even had inspection holes for maintenance. The conduits to the main drains running through the middle of the streets below pavement level and covered with flat stones and sturdy tile bricks. The covered drain was connected to the larger sewerage outlets which finally led the dirty water outside the populated areas. The urban plan found in these cities included the world`s first urban sanitation systems. The elaborate brick-lined drainage system for the removal of rainwater is of unparalleled engineering skill.

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Parikshit and the Deamon Kali

Once Parikshit went hunting in the forest, the demon Kali, the embodiment of Kali Yuga, appeared before him and asked permission to enter his kingdom, which the king denied. Upon insisting, Parikshit allowed him five places to reside: where there is gambling, alcohol consumption, prostitution, animal slaughter and gold. Kali smartly entered into Parikshit's golden crown and spoiled his thoughts.

Parikshit entered the hut of a sage named Samika as he was thirsty. He found the sage in deep meditation. He bowed to him several times but as there was no response he took a dead snake and threw it around the sage's neck. Later when the sage's son, Sringin, heard of this incident he cursed the king to die of snake bite on the 7th day.

On hearing this, the king forswore the throne for his son Janamejaya and spent his last 7 days listening to the discourses of Sage Śuka dev, compiled as the Bhagavata Purana under the banyan tree of Shukratal. As prophesied, the snake king Takshaka bit Parikshit, who left his mortal remains behind and attained Moksha.

Other thesis say that Kali had entered the gold and thus creating man's desire for gold. Parikshit had gone hunting into the forest. He stops at one point and gets into the lake for a bath. He removes his crown and keeps it on the bank of river. Takshaka, a naga king sees the crown and desires to get it. He steals the crown, but he was got by Parikshit guards. Parikshit jails him. On his release Takshaka avenges Parikshit and kills him mercilessly.

On hearing this, Parikshit's son Janamejaya vows to kill Takshaka within a week. He starts the Sharpamedha Yajna, which forces each and every snake of the entire universe was forced to fall into the hawankund. But one snake got stuck around God Sun rath and because of the force of Yajna the rath was also pulled inside the hawankund which could have ended up taking the God Sun rath in hawankund and ending the regim of God Sun from this universe. This resulted in plea from all god to stop the Yajna. When Takshaka arrived then this Yajna was stopped from doing so by Astika Muni, as a result of which Takshaka lives.

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Parikshi meets Kali - Kaliyug

The Pandavas ruled in Hastinapura for a long time. They ruled under the kingship of Yudhishtira and under the protection of Sri Krishna. But when the Lord left the earth altogether, they became despondent and retired to the Himalayas to lead lives of austerity and penance. Parikshit, the grandson of the Pandava price Arjuna, was placed on the throne of Hastinapura. He was a wise and noble ruler, and worked hard for the welfare of his people.

One day, he was strolling on the banks of the river Saraswati when he saw a strange sight. A lowly man, dressed in royal clothes, was kicking and torturing a white bull. A cow was standing close by and shedding tears. The bull has lost three of its legs and the wicked man was about to cut off its fourth leg too. Parikshit was very angry when he saw this. He turned to the man and said, ‘How dare you ill-treat these poor innocent creatures? Do you not know that I am King of this land, and that I can punish you even with death?’ then he turned to the trembling and shivering bull and cow. He spoke to them very kindly and soothing them, enquired how the bull had lost its three legs. The bull bowed its head before the king and said, ‘O King, you wonder who has caused my suffering. The answer to this even I do not know. Some say that beings in their ignorance cause their own happiness or sorrow.

Others say it is due to their past Karmas (actions). I do not know which is true’. Parikshit was surprised to hear the bull speak. He thought deeply. The realization came to him that the bull was none other than Dharma or virtue; the cow was Mother earth and the wicked man was Kali-the spirit of the Kali Yuga: the Iron Age in which we live. Parikshit then said to the bull, ‘You are indeed (the personification of) Dharma. Your four legs are Purity, Austerity and Charity. You are now standing on Truthfulness alone, and this too, Kali was about to crush’. Saying this, Parikshit turned to Kali with his sword drawn and was about to cut off his head, when Kali fell at his feet and begged to be heard. Now a king cannot kill any creature, which asks for his protection. So Parikshit had to listen to him. Then Kali said, ‘I am to be the ruler of the next age (Kali Yuga) which will be full of cruelty and falsehood. Such is the will of the Lord. So please spare my life’. Parikshit was touched by Kali’s humility and said, ‘Go. I grant you your life but let me not see you while I am ruling the kingdom.

Kali pleaded and said, ‘But I am must live somewhere give me some place to live in. So Parikshit allowed him to live in all houses of gambling and drinking, places where there is cruelty to women and animals and centers where gold is acquired and hoarded. To these he added the fields of falsehood, pride, jealousy, enmity and lust where Kali flourished and prospered. Now that we know we know the places where Kali resides, we must try to avoid them, and, like King Parikshit, we must try and restore to the poor bull, its three legs – Purity, Austerity and Charity. 

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Surgeries Performed by Susruta

“All in all, Susruta must be considered the greatest surgeon of the premedieval period.

The Sushruta's contribution in the field of Plastic Surgery can be enumerated as follows:

Rhinoplasty (cheek)

Classification of mutilated ear lobe defects and techniques for repair of torn ear lobes (15 different types of otoplasties)

Cheek flap for reconstruction of absent ear lobe.

Repair of accidental lip injuries and congenital cleft lip.

Piercing children's ear lobe with a needle or awl.

Use of suture materials of bark, tendon, hair and silk.

Needles of bronze or bone (circular, two finger-breadths wide and straight, triangular bodied, three finger - breadths wide)

Fourteen types of bandaging capable of covering almost all the regions of the body and different methods of dressings with various medicaments.

Use of wine to dull the pain of surgical incisions.

Described 20 varieties of sharp instruments (sastra) and 101 types of blunt instruments (yantra) and their handling techniques.

Systematic dissection of cadavers.

Advocated the practice of mock operations on inanimate objects such as watermelons, clay plots and reeds.

Use of leeches to keep wounds free of blood clots.

A code of ethics for teachers as well as students.

”should have an edge so fine that it should divide the hairs on the skin.”

Surgical demonstration of techniques of making incisions, probing, extraction of foreign bodies, alkali and thermal cauterization, tooth extraction, excisions, trocars for draining abscess draining hydrocele and ascitic fluid.

Described removal of the prostate gland, urethral stricture dilatation, vesiculolithotomy, hernia surgery, caesarian section, management of haemorrhoids, fistulae, laparotomy and management of intestinal obstruction, perforated intestines, accidental perforation of the abdomen with protrusion of omentum.

Classified details of the six types of dislocations, twelve varieties of fractures and classification of the bones and their reaction to the injuries.

Principles of fracture management, viz., traction, manipulation, appositions and stabilization including some measures of rehabilitation and fitting of prosthetics.

Classification of eye diseases (76) with signs, symptoms, prognosis, medical/surgical interventions and cataract surgery.

Description of method of stitching the intestines by using ant-heads as stitching material.

First to deal with embryology and sequential development of the structures of the fetus.

Dissection and study of anatomy of human body.

Introduction of wine to dull the pain of surgical incisions.

Enumeration of 1120 illnesses and recommended diagnosis by inspection, palpation and auscultation.

Sushruta took surgery in medieval India to admirable heights and that era was later regarded as The Golden Age of Surgery in ancient India .Because of his numerous seminal contributions to the science and art of surgery in India, he is regarded as the 'Father of Indian Surgery' and the 'Father of Indian Plastic Surgery'.

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Wrong combination of food

Today i was going through some ayurvedic pages related to charak samhita ,there i got this wonderful info,

Wrong combination of food items on the basis of following factors according to ayurveda:

Wrong place

eating dry and hot food in desert areas. Eating oily and cold in marshy lands.

Against time:

Cold and dry medicine in the winter. EAting spicy and warm foods in the summer.

Against fire:

If you do not eat according to your digestive fire.

Must east less if less digestion power and so forth.

Against the comfort:

Eat spicy and warm food if you are comfortable eating them. Don't eat cold food.

Against cooking:

If there is an eatable which becomes harmful after cooking, roasting or boiling.

Against quantity:

You much mix eatables with equal quantities or specified amount.

Too much imbalance can cause different result.

Mixing two foods which are against each other's properties. Example mixing cold food with warm food.

Against the Digestion:

Person suffering from constipation eating foods that create constipation.

Person suffering from loose motions eating food that cause same.

Against the Routine/lifestyle:

Someone engaging into physical activity must not eat food that increase vayu.(air)

A person who rests a lot must not eat food that are sweet and increase kapha.

Age factor:

A person must eat according to age children, elder etc.

Against the process:

Eating without hunger or cleansing of the bowels. Not eating even if you are feeling too hungry.

Fasting too much is against good health!

Against food

eating pork and then then eating warm food.

Against the treatment

Drinking cold water after consuming ghee .

Against cooking method:

Inappropriate way of cooking food.

Example: Not boiling the rice at all, or too much boiling etc.

Against Proper way of eating:

- not eating the food with full concentration. If you eat without being happy. Indigestion would occur.

Incompatible food:

There are different type of incompatibility in different types of foods

The incompatibility may occur due to Rasa, formation element and their qualities and karma.

Can also be because of place, time, place etc. Some are incompatible on the basis of quality and nature.

Some common of them are:

- not eat fish with milk. Milk is cool fish is warm.They are incompatible together and against each other. They pollute the blood and spread kapha all over the body.

- Goat's meat etc and Meat or flesh of animals living in marshy lands. Don't eat them with honey, jaggery, milk, urad, turmeric and sprouts.

It may cause deafness, blindness, speaking problems.

Mooli, garlic, holy basil should not eaten along with milk can cause epilepsy.

All types of acidic and bitter elements are incompatible with milk. Including Banana, cranberry etc.

Don't eat kheer and sattu together. Don't warm the honey. honey and ghee in equal quantities is poison. Eating honey mixed in rain water and drinking hot water after that is harmful too.

Any eatable which disturbs the balance of vata, pitta and kapha in the body are harmful for the body and should be avoided.

Against the proper conduct:

- eat alone

- it is said that one must pray to God and eat food sitting alone. 

Source: Charaka Samhita

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Greatest mysteries of Ashoka's Empire

This Shows How Advanced We are With Our Vedic texts: 

The Indian Emperor Ashoka started a "Secret Society of the Nine Unknown Men": great Indian scientists who were supposed to catalogue the many sciences. Ashoka kept their work secret because he was afraid that the advanced science catalogued by these men, culled from ancient Indian sources, would be used for the evil purpose of war, which Ashoka was strongly against, having been converted to Buddhism after defeating a rival army in a bloody battle.

During his reign natural science, past and present, was vowed to secrecy. Henceforward, and for the next 2,000 years, all researches, ranging from the structure of matter to the techniques employed in collective psychology, were to be hidden behind the mystical mask of a people commonly believed to be exclusively concerned with ecstasy and supernatural phenomena. Ashoka founded the most powerful secret society on earth: that of the Nine Unknown Men.

One can imagine the extraordinary importance of secret knowledge in the hands of nine men benefiting directly from experiments, studies and documents accumulated over a period of more than 2,000 years. What can have been the aim of these men? Not to allow methods of destruction to fall into the hands of unqualified persons and to pursue knowledge which would benefit mankind. Their numbers would be renewed by co-option, so as to preserve the secrecy of techniques handed down from ancient times.

Each of the Nine is supposedly responsible for guarding and improving a single book. These books each deal with a different branch of potentially hazardous knowledge. Traditionally, the books are said to cover the following subjects:

The Nine Books are as follows :

> Propaganda and Psychological warfare is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people. Instead of impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience. It is the most dangerous of all sciences, as it is capable of moulding mass opinion. It would enable anyone to govern the whole world.

> Physiology is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. The book of The Nine included instructions on how to perform the "touch of death (death being caused by a reversal of the nerve-impulse)." One account has Judo being a product of material leaked from this book.

> Microbiology

> Alchemy, including the transmutation of metals. In India, there is a persistent rumor that during times of drought or other natural disasters temples and religious organizations receive large quantities of gold from an unknown source. The mystery is further deepened with the fact that the sheer quantity of gold throughout the country in temples and with kings cannot be properly accounted for, seeing that India has few gold mines.

> Communication, including communication with extraterrestrials.

> Gravitation. Book 6 The Vaiminaka sastra is said to contain the instructions necessary to build a Vimana, sometimes referred to as the "ancient UFOs of India."

> Cosmology, the capacity to travel at enormous speeds through spacetime fabric, and time-travel; including intra- and inter-universal trips.

> Light, the capacity to increase and decrease the speed of light, to use it as a weapon by concentrating it in a certain direction etc.

> Sociology, including rules concerning the evolution of societies and how to predict their downfall.

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Secret Society of the Nine Unknown Men

This Shows How Advanced We are With Our Vedic texts: 

The Indian Emperor Ashoka started a "Secret Society of the Nine Unknown Men": great Indian scientists who were supposed to catalogue the many sciences. Ashoka kept their work secret because he was afraid that the advanced science catalogued by these men, culled from ancient Indian sources, would be used for the evil purpose of war, which Ashoka was strongly against, having been converted to Buddhism after defeating a rival army in a bloody battle.

During his reign natural science, past and present, was vowed to secrecy. Henceforward, and for the next 2,000 years, all researches, ranging from the structure of matter to the techniques employed in collective psychology, were to be hidden behind the mystical mask of a people commonly believed to be exclusively concerned with ecstasy and supernatural phenomena. Ashoka founded the most powerful secret society on earth: that of the Nine Unknown Men.

One can imagine the extraordinary importance of secret knowledge in the hands of nine men benefiting directly from experiments, studies and documents accumulated over a period of more than 2,000 years. What can have been the aim of these men? Not to allow methods of destruction to fall into the hands of unqualified persons and to pursue knowledge which would benefit mankind. Their numbers would be renewed by co-option, so as to preserve the secrecy of techniques handed down from ancient times.

Each of the Nine is supposedly responsible for guarding and improving a single book. These books each deal with a different branch of potentially hazardous knowledge. Traditionally, the books are said to cover the following subjects:

The Nine Books are as follows :

> Propaganda and Psychological warfare is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people. Instead of impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience. It is the most dangerous of all sciences, as it is capable of moulding mass opinion. It would enable anyone to govern the whole world.

> Physiology is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. The book of The Nine included instructions on how to perform the "touch of death (death being caused by a reversal of the nerve-impulse)." One account has Judo being a product of material leaked from this book.

> Microbiology

> Alchemy, including the transmutation of metals. In India, there is a persistent rumor that during times of drought or other natural disasters temples and religious organizations receive large quantities of gold from an unknown source. The mystery is further deepened with the fact that the sheer quantity of gold throughout the country in temples and with kings cannot be properly accounted for, seeing that India has few gold mines.

> Communication, including communication with extraterrestrials.

> Gravitation. Book 6 The Vaiminaka sastra is said to contain the instructions necessary to build a Vimana, sometimes referred to as the "ancient UFOs of India."

> Cosmology, the capacity to travel at enormous speeds through spacetime fabric, and time-travel; including intra- and inter-universal trips.

> Light, the capacity to increase and decrease the speed of light, to use it as a weapon by concentrating it in a certain direction etc.

> Sociology, including rules concerning the evolution of societies and how to predict their downfall.

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