A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.15

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*Formation of wholes or systems—collocation of Reals*:—Creative transformation accompanied with evolution of motion (परिस्पन्द ) and work done by Energy (क्रिया) cannot take place without a peculiar collocation of the Reals (Gunas.) To form wholes or systems (समुदय ), it is essential that one Guna should for the moment be preponderant, and the others co-operant. And this cannot be without an unequal aggregation which overthrows the original equilibrium (गुणवैषम्य, न्यूनाधिकभाव ),—in other words, without unequal forces or stresses coming into play in different parts of the system. (गुणविमर्द्द—वाचस्पति ।) व्यक्तं सक्रियं परिस्पन्दवत्......समुदयः समवायः । स च गुणानां गुणप्रधान-भावान्तरेण न सम्भवति । न गुणप्रधानभावो वैषम्यं विना । न च वैषम्य-मुपमर्द्दोपमर्द्दकभावादृते । वाचस्पति, कौमुदी on kāriká 16.)