Samarangana Sutradhara

Automata shaped like humans that could move, swing swords, or pour water.

Vishvakarma, the architect of the gods, sends his four sons— Jaya, Vijaya, Siddhartha, and Aparajita —to earth to colonize and civilize it. The Dialogue: samarangana sutradhara

: The title is a compound word Samarāṅgaṇa-sūtradhāra . While it literally translates to "architect of human dwellings," it is also interpreted as "stage manager for battlefields," a possible pun on King Bhoja's dual role as a conqueror and a builder. Automata shaped like humans that could move, swing

The text is structured as a dialogue where the divine architect answers questions regarding the civilization of the earth, covering a vast array of technical and philosophical subjects: While it literally translates to "architect of human

: The text was famously edited by Mm. T. Ganapati Shastri in the 1920s and has since been translated into English by scholars like Dr. Sudarshan Kumar Sharma . Scope and Major Themes