Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s5.t2.22

v2.c44.s5.t2.22

Praśastapāda described the formation of gross bodies from the atoms (aṇu) through dyads (dvyāṇuka) and the structural arrangement (vyūha) of the dyads to triads (tryāṇuka) which gives rise to different qualities in a substance. In Praśastapāda-bhāṣya was outlined the notion of impetus (vega) which accounts for continued motion of a body.