[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.c9.53 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.53 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.53 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.53) The A. V., on account of its frequent calling-in-aid of super-natural agencies for selfish and malevolent purposes, has not generally been accorded the canonical sanctity of the Vedic Triad—The Rik, the Yajus and the Sáman; the very authority of the fourth Veda as a scripture has been questioned in the several law-books of the Apastamba, the Vishnu, the Yájñavalkya and the Manu schools, and the practices it sanctions strongly condemned. - [Previous: v1.c9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.52) - [Next: v1.c9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.54) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Sāmavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.53) · Pramāṇa