अगस्त्य संहिता (महर्षि अगस्त्य - पञ्चरात्र राम-उपासना एवं मन्त्र-विधान सटीक)

प्रस्तावना (31) Interestingly the battery, in the procedure as explained, in the previous text is prepared and the same was tested and proved practical. When a cell was prepared according to Agastya Samhita and measured, it gives open circuit voltage as 1.138 volts, and short circuit current as 23 mA. ऐसा ही एक तथ्य प्रकाशित किया गया है कि अगस्त्य-संहिता में विमान बनाने की विधि वर्णित है— Ancient Sanskrit literature is full of descriptions of flying machines - Vimanas. From the many documents found it is evi- dent that the scientist-sages Agastya and Bharadwaja had de- veloped the lore of aircraft construction. The “Agastya Samhita” gives us Agastya’s descriptions of two types of aeroplanes. The first is a “chchatra” (umbrella or balloon) to be filled with hydro- gen. The process of extracting hydrogen from water is described in elaborate detail and the use of electricity in achieving this is clearly stated. This was stated to be a primitive type of plane, useful only for escaping from a fort when the enemy had set fire to the jungle all around. Hence the name “Agniyana”. The sec- ond type of aircraft mentioned is somewhat on the lines of the parachute. It could be opened and shut by operating chords इसी प्रकार डा. एम. एन. दत्त द्वारा अंग्रेजी में अनूदित तथा न्यू भारतीय बुक कॉरपोरेशन, से 2007 में प्रकाशित गरुड़महापुराण की भूमिका में सम्पादक एस. जैन ने लिखा है कि अगस्त्य-संहिता में रत्न-विज्ञान के तथ्य मिलते हैं। उन्ही के शब्दों में— According to M.N. Dutt the book comprises three Samhitas viz. the Agastya Samhita, the Brhaspati Samhita (Nitisara) and the Dhanvantari Samhita. Each one of those Samhitas would give it a permanent value, and accord to it an undyeing fame among the works of practical ethics or applied medicine. The Agastya Samhita deals with the formation, crys- tallisation and distgisestive. Traits of the different precious gems and enumerates the names of the countries from which our fore- fathers used to collect these gems. The cutting, polishing, setting