[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v1.c10.t3.1 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c10.t3.1 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c10.t3.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c10.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t3.1) "The grosser body, with which a soul clad in its subtile person is invested for the purpose of fruition, is composed of the five elements, or of four, excluding the ethereal, according to some authorities; or of one earth alone, according to others. That grosser body, propagated by generation, is perishable. The subtile person is more durable, transmigrating through successive bodies, which it assumes, as a mimic shifts his disguises to represent various characters." - [Previous: v1.c10.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t2.3) - [Next: v1.c10.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t3.2) - [Up: v1.c10.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t3.1) · Pramāṇa