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.
• 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.
• Vimana, a 1976 album by the Italian progressive rock and jazz fusion group, Nova.