[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.s2.13 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s2.13 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s2.13 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.13) By the VIIth century A. D., we find Siva’s worship well established in India. In the life of King Harsa by Vána there is a graphic description of a weird ceremony performed by a Saiva saint named Bhairavácháryya. “Seated on the breast of a corpse which lay supine, anointed with red sandal and arrayed in garlands, clothes and ornaments, all of red, himself with a black turban, black unguents, black amulet, and black garments, he had begun a fire rite in the corpse's mouth where a flame was burning."'¹ In the drama of Málatímádhava by Bhavabhúti (690 A.D.) we have also references to similar rites. - [Previous: v1.c9.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.12) - [Next: v1.c9.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.14) - [Up: v1.c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Mālatīmādhava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.malatimadhava) — Bhavabhūti, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.13) · Pramāṇa