vimanas 是什么意思

Vimanas - Flying Machines of Ancient India and Egypt
维曼拿斯——古代印度和埃及的飞行器

Vimanas
维曼拿斯

A vimana is a mythological flying machine, described in the ancient literature of India References to these flying machines are commonplace in ancient Indian texts, even describing their use in warfare As well as being able to fly within Earth's atmosphere, vimanas were also said to be able to travel into space and travel submerged underwater
维曼拿斯是神话般的飞行器，在古代印度的文献里有描写。古代印度文献普遍地提到过这些飞行器，甚至描写过它们在战争里的用途。维曼拿斯能够在地球大气层上飞行，同样也可以在太空和水底下旅旅行。

Descriptions in the Vedas and later Indian literature detail vimanas of various shapes and sizes:
《吠陀经》和后期的印度文献都详细描述各种形状和大小的维曼拿斯：

•In the Vedas: the sun, and flying wheeled chariots pulled by animals, usually horses (but the Vedic god Paksan's chariot is pulled by goats)
在《吠陀经》：太阳，以及飞行的有轮战车被动物拉下来，通常是被马拉下（但吠陀的神帕克逊的战车是被山羊拉下来）。

•The "agnihotra-vimana" with two engines (Agni means fire in Sanskrit)
“阿格尼福拉—维曼拿”拥有两个发动机。（阿格尼在梵语是火的意思）

•The "gaja-vimana" with more engines (Gaja means elephant in Sanskrit)
“杰加—维曼拿”拥有更多的发动机。（杰加在梵语是大象的意思）

•Other types named after the kingfisher, ibis, and other animals
其他类型的以翠鸟，朱鹭和其他动物来命名。

The word comes from Sanskrit and seems to be vi-mana = 'apart' or 'having been measured" The word also means a part of a Hindu temple The meaning of the word likely changed in this sequence:
这个词来自梵语，似乎意思是维—曼那=“分离”或者“标准的”。这个词也是指一座印度庙宇的一部分。这个词的意思可能是按以下的程序来改变：

•An area of land measured out and set apart to be used for sacred purposes
从一块陆地上按量配给一个地区，然后与神圣目的分离。

•Temple
庙宇

•A god's palace
一块神的宫殿

•In the Ramayana: the demon-lord Ravana's flying palace called Pushpaka
在《罗摩衍那》里面：魔王拉瓦那的飞行器就称为布斯帕卡。

•In later Indian writings: other flying vehicles, and sometimes as a poetic word for ordinary ground vehicles
后期的印度作品：其他的飞行工具，有时是用诗歌般的字词去形容普通的地面交通工具。

In some modern Indian languages (eg Gujarati), the word vimana means ordinary real aircraft
在一些现代的印度语里，维曼那这个词意思是普通的真正航行器。

Vimanavatthu (Pali for "Vimana Stories") uses the word "vimana" with a different meaning: "a small piece of text used as the inspiration for a Buddhist sermon"
维曼拿瓦胡（“维曼拿故事”的巴利语，也就是《天宫经》）使用“维曼拿”这个词却带有不同的意思：“一小段文献用作描绘佛陀布道的灵感。”）