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Vimana
Also known as Pushpaka Vimana, Vimāna
thumb|The Pushpaka vimana flying in the sky.
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- Etymology
- Hindu epics
- Ramayana
- Mahabharata
- Jain literature
- Ashoka Edict IV
- ''Samarangana Sutradhara''
- ''Vaimānika Shāstra''
- Ayyavazhi
- In popular culture
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thumb|The Pushpaka vimana flying in the sky.
Vimāna are mythological flying palaces or chariots described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics. The "Pushpaka Vimana" of Ravana (who took it from Kubera; Rama returned it to Kubera) is the most quoted example of a vimana. Vimanas are also mentioned in Jain texts.