[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) › v2.c32.s1.4 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s1.4 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s1.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s1.4) which we have noticed at some length in the present volume. Vyádi is a prominent name both as a grammarian as well as a chemist. The Garudapurána quotes him as an authority on gems.\* Nandí, as we have already seen, is distinctly referred to by Somadeva as the inventor of the koshthí apparatus and of the process of sublimation. † - [Previous: v2.c32.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s1.3) - [Next: v2.c32.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s1.5) - [Up: v2.c32.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s1.4) · Pramāṇa