A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.148

v2.c34.148

First, there is fire, or the light-and-heat emitted by the burning log of wood or lamp (अग्निः-दीपः-भौमं तेजः)। Now it is important to note that the flame of a burning log of wood (इन्धन) or an oil-lamp is not pure Tejas, a pure mass of light-and-heat corpuscles. There is chemical union with Earth-particles (particles of the hard penta-Tanmátric substance) acted on by Energy; and then the Tejas corpuscles, light-and-heat particles which are latent (absorbed) therein, come forth as flame (पार्थिवोपष्टम्भेन तदनुगतात् तेजसः अग्निर्भवति—विज्ञानभिक्षु,—प्रवचनभाष्य, Sútra 110, Chap. V.)