A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.154

v2.c34.154

As a typical and familiar instance of the variety of characteristic properties (or energies) that may result from variations in accompaniment or grouping, the Sánkhya-Pátañjala points to the various kinds of fruit acids and juices, all originating from one and the same Bhúta (water) with different accretions of earthy matters (भूर्विकाराः). In the same way, though we speak of only five classes of Tanmátras and atoms, the infinite variety of the world results from the infinitely varied collocations of the three original Gunas, which underlie Tanmátra and atom alike (सत्त्वरजस्तमसां अपकर्षकाष्ठापन्नः संघातः परमाणुरिति—न्यायवार्त्तिक, उद्योतकर, reporting the Sánkhya view : अयुतसिद्धावयवः संघातः परमाणुरिति--व्यासभाष्य, Sútra 44, Pada III.—परमाणुः सामान्यविशेषात्मा अयुतसिद्धावयवानुगतः समुदायः—व्यासभाष्य, Sútra 44, Pada IV,—योगप्रताषच्छिन्ना धर्म्माः शक्तिरेव धर्म्मः (ibid, Sútra 14, Pada III.) यो धर्म्मेषु अनुपाती सामान्य-विशेषात्मा सोऽन्वयी धर्म्मी (ibid, Sútra 14, Pada III.)