[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.c34.166 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.166 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.166 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.166) Size (परिमाण). — As to size or volume, the Sánkhya accepts only two kinds, — the infinitesimal, which is also without parts (अणु — निरवयव) and the non-infinitesimal, which consists of parts (महत् — सावयव). The latter varies from the excessively small (the so-called Anus, Tanmátras and Paramánus) to the indefinitely great (परममहत् — विभु, — e.g. — A'kása). - [Previous: v2.c34.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.165) - [Next: v2.c34.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.167) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.166) · Pramāṇa