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originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
So the topic of Vimanas is an interesting one to many.
Wether they were real or not isnt the focus of the thread but instead to share stories and information about them so we can learn more about them and perhaps what they could have been.
There are alot of stories out there from ancient books and even from dreams and meditations noted by various personalities.
What I would like to do is get as much information on vimanas as possible for people to discuss for the sake of entertainment and knowledge.
I would also ask people to share any ideas they think may be relavent to the conversation on vimanas and what thier use could have been for if they were real.
What are some of the stories known about vimanas wether deemed hoax or real.
What are some global myths that speak of flying chariots?
Are there accounts of flying machines in the bible?
Could ancient civilizations have built such flying machines as thier legends speak of?
Could Vimanas have been ancient star travelers or UFOs?
Could the legends of flying chariots have been refering to vimanas?
What is some of the channeled information gained through meditation on vimanas?
So in essence there is no wrong answer, think outside the box ATS and lets see what we can come up with on ancient vimanas and how they could have been used.
According to Josyer, he dictated the text to G. Venkatachala Sharma in the early 1900s (completing it in 1923).
Any reader by now would have concluded the obvious – that the planes described above are the best poor concoctions, rather than expressions of something real. None of the planes has properties or capabilities of being flown; the geometries are unimaginably horrendous from the point of view of flying; and the principles of propulsion make them resist rather than assist flying. The text and the drawings do not correlate with each other even thematically. The drawings definitely point to a knowledge of modern machinery. This can be explained on the basis of the fact that Shri Ellappa who made the drawings was in a local engineering college and was thus familiar with names and details of some machinery. Of course the text retains a structure in language and content from which its 'recent nature' cannot be asserted. We must hasten to point out that this does not imply an oriental nature of the text at all. All that may be said is that thematically the drawings ought to be ruled out of discussion. And the text, as it stands, is incomplete and ambiguous by itself and incorrect at many places.
originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
So I think someone who does superhuman things may be something more than human or possibly even an alien, come down from some celestrial heaven to teach men how to be civilized.
www.bibliotecapleyades.net...
At Rama`s behest, the magnificent chariot rose up to a mountain of cloud with a tremendous din. Another passage reads: Bhima flew with his Vimana on an enormous ray which was as brilliant as the sun and made a noise like the thunder of a storm.
In the ancient Vymanka-Shastra (science of aeronautics), there is a description of a Vimana: "An apparatus which can go by its own force, from one place to place or globe to globe".
Dr. Raghavan points out, "The text's revelations become even more astounding. Thirty-one parts-of which the machine consists-are described, including a photographing mirror underneath. The text also enumerates 16 kinds of metal that are needed to construct the flying vehicle: `Metals suitable, lighare 16 kinds`. But only three of them are known to us today. The rest remain untranslatable."
originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: FormOfTheLord
If you read the Ramayana, the vimanas are temple roofs.
Not space ships.
originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: FormOfTheLord
If you read the Ramayana, the vimanas are temple roofs.
Not space ships.
Do you actually read the Ramamyana?
originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: FormOfTheLord
If you read the Ramayana, the vimanas are temple roofs.
Not space ships.
originally posted by: MysterX
So, according to some of the text taken from the Mahabharatra i have read over the years, one required a special diet, special clothing and special training to what...climb on the roof?
Why does a roof require 16 different types of metal in its construction?
Can a roof fire air to air missiles and cloak itself, as in 'stealth' technology?
originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
Here is some more interesting video that has been around for some time. There was a video of the guys looking around the ship but I cant seem to find it. . . . If anyone has that video could you post it please?