Vimana (disambiguation)
Vimana may mean:
- Vimana, the "flying chariot" of the Sanskrit epics.
- In most modern Indian languages, the word vimāna, vimān means aircraft.
- "Biman" is the same word in the Bengali language and is Bengali for "airplane", and is the national airline of Bangladesh.
- The Buddhist book Vimānavatthu (Pali for "Vimāna Stories") uses the word "vimāna" to mean "a small piece of text used as the inspiration for a Buddhist sermon".
- The adytum of a Rama Temple.
- Vimanapura is a suburb of Bangalore in India. The very busy Airport Road, Bangalore goes through it.
- Viman Nagar is a suburb of Pune.
- Vímana was a seminal (but unsuccessful) Brazilian progressive rock band of the seventies.
- Vimanam, the distinctive pyramidical roof-towers of south Indian temples and is the sanctum of a Hindu temple where the deity is enshrined.
- The ICP Vimana ultralight aircraft.
- Vimana, a 1991 video game.
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