[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.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 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c16.s3.14 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.s3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3.14) 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. - [Previous: v1.c16.s3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3.13) - [Next: v1.c17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c17.1) - [Up: v1.c16.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3.14) · Pramāṇa