A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c16.s3.14
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c16.s3.14
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The very name of sulphuric acid, *Gundak ká áttar* is Urdu *i.e.* the hybird *lingua franca*, an admixture of Hindi with Persian. *Attar* in Persian means the volatile princinple, often odoriferous, *e.g.* *Guláb ká áttar* *i.e.* otto de Rose. "Gundhak" in Sanskrit is the equivalent for sulphur.