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Vimana (disambiguation)

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Vimana may mean:

  • Vimana, "flying chariot" in Indian epics
    • In most modern Indian languages, the word vimāna, vimān means aircraft
  • Vimanavatthu (Pali for "Vimāna Stories"), a Buddhist book, uses the word "vimāna" to mean "a small piece of text used as the inspiration for a Buddhist sermon"
  • The adytum of Rama temples
  • Vimanapura, a suburb of Bangalore, India
  • Vimana (architectural feature), the distinctive pyramidical roof-towers of south Indian temples and is the sanctum of a Hindu temple where the deity is enshrined
  • Shikhara or Vimana, the rising roof of a Hindu temple in north India
  • ICP Vimana, an ultralight aircraft
  • Vimana (video game), a 1991 video game
  • Vimana (album), a 1976 album by the Italian progressive rock and jazz fusion group Nova

See also