Mahābhārata’s Vimāna References
- Date of account
- Epic formation roughly 400 BCE–400 CE, with older and later layers
- Location
- Northern India; various epic settings
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Mahābhārata contains references to vimānas and airborne chariots within divine, heroic, and cosmological episodes, including vehicles associated with gods and celestial beings. These passages are relevant because modern UFO literature often cites them as descriptions of spacecraft, whereas philological work treats them within epic mythology and conventional Sanskrit imagery. Exact wording depends on recension and translation, and “vimāna” has a broad semantic range including palace, temple, throne, or vehicle. The lead supports comparison of terminology, genre, and retrospective technological readings.
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