The Mystery Of The Highly Advanced Vimanas In Ancient Times

Intellectual joy is finding people and ideas that connect in time and lead to better knowledge. It’s like pulling a thick velvet cloth to reveal ancient and valuable intricacies because someone has an interesting piece.
Enrico Baccarini’s article on Vimana gave me additional information on a topic I had previously covered in my autobiography. After reading Alicia McDermott’s “request” for information on this topic, it occurred to me that combining my knowledge with hers would lead to a better understanding of a controversial topic. Also, I want to emphasize that the facts in my book Tre Vite in Una (“Three Lives in One”) date back to the 1980s when writing or talking about Vimana might seem absurd.

Pushpaka vimana has been seen three times. Once, he is seen flying in the sky and once, he lands on the ground. (Creative Commons)
The explanation vanished into thin air…
I’m always disappointed when I think I’m getting close to an explanation, a new understanding, only to have it vanish in thin air. This is because my goals are almost always unusual and outlandish compared to established conventions. I have experienced it more than once.
David W. Davenport co-authored 2000 BC. Atomic destruction (first edition 1979 Sugarco). I thought I was about to make a breakthrough in my understanding of the apparatus. Franco Piccari, an aeronautical engineer, introduced him to me. He had told me privately that they were working together to recreate the plane mentioned in Sanskrit literature. Davenport might, I thought, be the only one who could understand how my invention might work, especially if he was familiar with ancient technology.

David Davenport (left), Ettore Vinceii (right), as well as Mr. Josyer (director of the International Sanskrit Research Academy, Mysore), responsible for the publication of the Vaimnika Shstra (or treatise on Aeronautics) 4000 years ago. Film ‘2000 BC – Atomic Destruction. (Provided by the author)
He had the skills and the knowledge. You may have discovered something in your Sanskrit classes related to the operation and maintenance of my equipment. Unfortunately, his untimely death prevented her from realizing all of his dreams and goals, along with many others, including mine.
His work was exceptional. Davenport, an archaeologist and specialist in Oriental languages, was born to English parents in India. He was astonished to discover an “aeronautical manual” in the Indus Valley. He later wrote about his study of the original Sanskrit scriptures, the Rigveda, Mahbhrata, and Rmyaa, as well as hundreds of other ancient literatures.
– In Sanskrit Texts.
– The mysterious secret organization of ancient India and the nine unknown men of Ashoka
According to Davenport and his co-authors, the explosion that decimated Mohenjo-Daro (4,000 years ago) was powerful enough to level it, incinerate its inhabitants, and vitrify bricks, mortar, and ceramics. A laboratory in Italy examined his findings and found that samples taken from Mohenjo Daro were subjected to a shock wave involving severe transient heat at many thousands of degrees Celsius. According to current knowledge of the matter, the only force capable of producing such an impact would be a nuclear explosion.
An ancient text covering aeronautical science
Among the other ideas discussed in his book, Davenport devoted a significant amount of space to the possibility of a technical/technological translation of Maharashi Bharadwaja’s ancient aeronautical manual, the Vaimnika Shstra (Science of Aeronautics), which briefly describes the operation of the Vimanas, an ancient plane that took to the skies some 4,000 years ago, and the equipment that used that plane. Davenport did extensive research and came to the conclusion that this work should not be separated from other Sanskrit manuscripts. They are rare in India and have never been translated into Western languages.

T.K. Ellappa was the one who created the artwork of Shakuna Vimana. The movie “2000 BC: Atomic Destruction” is available. (Provided by the author)
However, due to its singular brevity, The VaimnikaShstra cannot be described as a true book on aeronautical engineers. The complete manuscript only measures 124 pages. Much of it is devoted to instructions for pilots. This includes information on what to eat and how to use them, the best way to use furnaces and bellows to prepare metals for construction, as well as geological information on the location of these metals.
There are too many concepts to cover on the pages and not enough information to help you create these devices. The book provides a scientific overview that can be used to give non-scientists an overview of the subject.

The Pushpaka vimana, a flying bird, is above the clouds. (Creative Commons)
My attention was drawn to the following translation by Vaimnika Shstra in 2000 BC Atomic Destruction.
“Take, for example, the electric motor. Is that how it works:
The electric motor is made of a thin metal wire that has been twisted with a wire cage in the center. Current is carried from the generator to your motor by a glass tube. The wire cage is connected to the generator rotating device or pinion shaft by means of the appropriate wheels.
Davenport, 2000 BC: “Whoever wrote these sentences.”
He “certainly knew” the electric motor because he correctly cited its three basic elements: the winding (or “solenoid” as technicians prefer to call it); the central rotating part (it is interesting that in modern three-phase motors this rotating component is called “squirrel box”) and insulation (“glass”). We can immediately imagine the tubes used today, but the use of real glass cannot be stopped. The links appear to be confusing and do not refer to basic physical concepts. The reader will need to have an excellent understanding of electrical engineering to understand the information. Without this, he may not be able to grasp the concept. It corresponds to what we know about scientific vulgarization. This description seems to be closer to the way an electrical engineer might describe to a lay person in general terms how a motor works.

The data from Vaimnika shstra indicates that the technical outline of Shakuna Vimana has been established. Film ‘2000 BC: Atomic destruction. (Provided by the author)
Language and communication
Again we are faced with language difficulties and the difficulty of communicating complex thoughts. Davenport also struggled with the difficult task of translating from an ancient language into today’s technological terminology. GRAM. GRAM.
Although Mr. Josyer was a respected Sanskrit who was also an expert on ancient Indian culture, he was not a scientist. His vocabulary was out of date and would have made it difficult for Davenport to develop a deeper scientific understanding of this trade.
Davenport illustrates the communication problem in this excerpt:
“A scholar in our society might have a hard time understanding what a tiger’s eye necklace might be in the future.” It is made of a particular type of iridescent yellow-brown rough stone. Everyone knows this. But suppose a researcher stumbles upon exactly the same statement and translates it verbatim. By “tiger eyes,” we mean the eyeballs of the big cat. He would probably have strange thoughts about the behavior of women in the 20th century.
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You may also have difficulty identifying the “gooseneck,” which is the articulated axis that transmits motion to the pistons. Or, decipher the “whiskers,” which can be extremely long and thin crystals made in the laboratory. They are used as non-metallic aircraft components because they are resistant to heat and stress. These carbon crystals are called “whiskers” or “cat’s whiskers.” The scholar would have a hard time understanding why airplanes are equipped with cat’s whiskers if he tried to interpret the word letter by letter.
There are many cases in our current vocabulary that cannot be understood without knowing when they were used.

A contemporary illustration of a flying vimana: can the vocabulary used to describe them today be correctly understood (DeviantArt/Gustavoc)
I only use the language and information I know when I explain how I built my device. My explanations are always translated as “pizza,” according to my Roman astronaut engineer friend. In the same way, I think we would understand if a future academic shared something “technical” with us. It could be something that is based on different principles than what we currently know. I have very limited faith.

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