A Vimana is said by Aachaarya Naaraayana to be that which is able to speed on earth, water,
and air through its own power, like a bird.
Shanka says that the experts in the science of aeronautics have said that anything that
can fly through the air from one place to go to another is Vimana.
These are just two of the definitions of a mysterious aircraft that has the name of Vimana,
an ancient flying device that was used around 6000 years ago.
According to Bodhaananda scientists have said the Vimana requires 32 secrets to work and
the pilot of it needs to be able to acquaint himself with all of them before he is said
to be competent to be able to fly the airplane.
It is said that the secrets to flying the Vimana were given in the �Rahasya-Lahari�
by the masters.
Descriptions from the ancient texts have said that a pilot should have training in maantrica
along with kritaka and others.
It is said that they should be able to be capable of contraction along with the expansion,
be able to change their shape, made to look frightening, pleasing, become enveloped in
darkness or luminous.
They should be able to move in a zig-zag form in much the same way as a serpent, be able
to hear sounds in the distance, take pictures and be able to know when the enemy is approaching
on them.
The secrets that each and every Vimana pilot has to learn have been explained by Siddhanaatha
and some of them have been described in the following ways: 1.
MAANTRIKA: As prescribed in "Mantraadhikaara," by invoking the mantras of Chhinnamasta, Bhairavee,
Veginee, Siddhaamba, acquire the powers of ghutikaa, paadukaa, visible and invisible
and other mantraas with potent herbs and efficacious oils, and Bhuvaneswaree Mantra which confers
spiritual and mesmeric powers, to construct aeroplanes, which don't break cannot be cut,
cannot be burnt, and cannot be destroyed.
2.
TAANTRIKA: By acquiring Mahaamaaya, Shambara, and other taantric powers, to endow the plane
with those powers.
3.
KRITAKA: By study of architects like Vishwakarma, Chhaayaaparusha, Mann, Maya and others, to
construct aeroplanes of various patterns.
4.
ANTARAALA: In the wind-swept atmospheric region of the sky, in the clash at the borders of
mighty currents, an inadvertent plane is likely to be smashed to pieces.
But by getting warned of the approach of such danger spots, the plane could be halted and
steered with care.
5.
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 Vimaana from the enemy.
6.
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-Kriyaa-darapana or mirror at
the front of the Vimana, and by its manipulation produce a Maaya-Vimaana or camouflaged Vimana.
7.
ADRISHYA: According to "Shaktitantra", by means of the Vynarathya Vikarana and other
powers in the heart centre of the solar mass, attract the force of the ethereal flow in
the sky, and mingle it with the balaahaavikarana shakti in the aerial globe, producing thereby
a white cover, which will make the Vimana invisible.
8.
PAROKSHA: According to "Meghotpatthi-prakarana," or the science of the birth of clouds, by
entering the second of the summer cloud layers, and attracting the power therein with the
shaktyaakarshana darpana or force-attraction mirror in the Vimana, and applying it to the
parivesha or halo of the Vimaana, a paralysing force is generated, and opposing Vimaanas
are paralysed and put out of action.
9.
APAROKSHA: According to 'Shakti-tantra,' by projection of the Rohinee beam of light, things
in front of the Vimaana are made visible.
10.
SANKOCHA, OR CONTRACTION: As prescribed in the Yantraangopasamhaara section, when the
Vimaana is flying at speed with fully extended wings, and there is danger ahead, turning
the 7th switch in the Vimana, its parts can be made to contract.
11.
VISTRITA: According to 'Akaashatantra', when the Vimana is in the central air flood in
the third and first regions of the sky, by turning the switch in the 11th section of
plane, it becomes expanded suitably according to "Vaalmeeki Ganita."
12.
VIROOPA KARANA: As stated in "Dhooma Prakarana", by producing the 32nd kind of smoke through
the mechanism, and charging it with the light of the heat waves in the sky, and projecting
it through the padmaka chakra tube to the bhyravee oil-smeared Vyroopya-darpana at the
top of the Vimaana, and whirling with 132nd type of speed, a very fierce and terrifying
shape of the Vimana will emerge, causing utter fright to onlookers.
13.
ROOPAANTARA: As stated in "Tylaprakarana," by preparing griddhrajihwaa, kumbhinee, and
kaakajangha oils and anointing the distorting mirror in the Vimaana with them, applying
to it the 19th kind of smoker and charging with the kuntinee shakti in the Vimana, shapes
like lion, tiger, rhinoceros, serpent, mountain, river will appear and amaze observers and
confuse them.
14.
SUROOPA: By attracting the 13 kinds of Karaka force mentioned in "Karaka prakarana" applying
snow-surcharged air and projecting it through the air conveying tube to the pushpineepinjula
mirrors in the front right side of the Vimana, and focusing on it the suragha beam, a heavenly
damsel bedecked with flowers and jewels will appear to onlookers of the Vimana.
15.
JYOTIRBHAAVA: As stated in "Amshubodhinee," out of Samgnaana and other 16 digits of the
solar glow, by attracting the 12th to the 16th digits and focusing them on the air force
in the Mayookha section in the fourth pathway in the sky, and similarly by attracting the
force of the etherial glow and mingling it with the glow in the 7th layer of air mass,
and then by projecting both these forces through the 5 tubes in the Vimana on to the section
of the guhaa-garbha mirror, a rich glow like the morning glow of the sun will be produced.
16.
TAMOMAYA: As described in "Darpana Prakarana," by means of the dark force mirror, capture
the force of darkness, pass it through the Thamo-Yantra in the north-west side of the
Vimana, and by turning a switch produce at noon-day the utter darkness of the night of
the new-moon.
17.
PRALAYA: As described in the magic book of destruction, attract the 5 kinds of smoke
through the tube of the contracting machine in the front part of the Vimana, and merge
it in the cloudsmoke mentioned in "Shadgarbha Viveka", and pushing it by electric force
through the five-limbed aerial tube, destroy everything as in a cataclysm.
18.
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.
19.
TAARA: By mixing with etherial force 10 parts of air forte, 7 parts of water force, and
16 parts of solar glow, and projecting it by means of the star-faced mirror through
the frontal tube of the Vimana; the appearance of a star-spangled sky is created.
20.
MAHAASHABDA VIMOHANA: By concentrating the air force in the seven tubes of the Vimana,
and turning the switch, produce, as stated in "Shabda prakaashikaa" a crescendo of thunderous
din, which stuns people, and makes them quake with fear and become insensible.
21.
LANGHANA: As stated in "Vaayu tattva prakarana" When crossing from one air stream into another,
the Vimana faces the baadaba glow of the sun and catches fire.
In order to prevent that, the electric force and air force in the Vimana should be conjoined
and centred in the life-centre of the Vimana, and by turning the switch, the Vimana will
leap into safety.
22.
SAARPA-GAMANA: By attracting the dandavaktra and other seven forces of air, and joining
with solar rays, passing it through the zig-zagging centre of the Vimana, and turning the switch,
the Vimana will have a zig-zagging motion like a serpent.
23.
CHAAPALA: On sighting an enemy plane, by turning the switch in the force centre in the middle
section of the Vimana, a 4087 revolutions an hour atmospheric wave speed will be generated,
and shake up the enemy plane.
24.
SARVATOMUKHA: When a formation of enemy planes comes to attack one's Vimana, by turning the
switch at the crown of the Vimana, make it revolve with agility and face all sides.
25.
PARASHABDA GRAAHAKA: As explained in "Sowdaaminee kalaa" or science of electronics, by means
of the sound capturing yantra in the Vimana, to hear the talks and sounds in enemy planes
flying in the sky.
26.
ROOPAAKARSHANA: By means of the photographic yantra in the Vimana to obtain a television
view of things inside an enemy plane.
27.
KRIYAAGRAHANA: By turning the key at the bottom of the Vimana, a white cloth is made to appear.
By electrifying the three acids in the north-east part of the Vimana, and subjecting them to
the 7 kinds of solar rays, and passing the resultant force into the tube of the Thrisheersha
mirror and making the cloth screen face the mirror, and switching on the upper key, all
the activities going on down below on the ground, will be projected on the screen.
28.
DIKPRADARSHANA: Turning the key at the front of the Vimana the dishaampati yantra will
show the direction from which the enemy plane is approaching.
29.
AAKAASHAAKAARA: According to "Aakaasha-tantra", by mixing black mica solution with neem and
bhoonaaga decoctions and smearing the solution on the outer body of the Vimana made of mica
plates, and exposing to solar rays, the plane will look like the sky and become indistinguishable.
30.
JALADA ROOPA: Mixing pomegranate juice, bilva or bael oil, copper-salt, kitchen smoke, granthika
or gugul liquid, mustard powder, and fish scale decoctions, and adding sea-shell and
rock-salt powder, and collecting smoke of the same solution and spreading it with solar
heat enveloping the cover, the Vimana will have the appearance of a cloud.
31.
STABDHAKA: 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.
32.
KARSHANA: When enemy planes come in strength to destroy one's Vimana, by setting aflame
the Jwaalinee shakit in the Vyshwaanara-naala or pipe located at the navel of the plane,
and switching the keys of the two wheels to 87 degrees of heat, the burning shakti will
envelope the enemy plane and destroy it.
These are the 32 rahasyaas or secrets which should be known by pilots according to Siddhanaatha.