[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.c33.s1.6 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c33.s1.6 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c33.s1.6 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c33.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c33.s1.6) History repeats itself. In India the Yoga doctrines of Patañjali paved the way for the origin of Tāntric mysticism and it associated itself with magic and alchemy. Some twelve centuries later, this phase in the stage of human progress found exponents in the soil of Europe. As Waite says:— - [Previous: v2.c33.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c33.s1.5) - [Next: v2.c33.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c33.s1.7) - [Up: v2.c33.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c33.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Yogasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasutra) — Patañjali (author of the Yogasūtra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c33.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c33.s1.6) · Pramāṇa