[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.c34.174 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.174 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.174 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.174) are called efficient causes (निमित्त कारण)—एवमेकैक-गुणासम्भवात् प्रधान गुणां आश्रित्य अप्रधानगुणाः परिणामभेदान् प्रवर्तयन्ति—वाचस्पति, कौमुदी on Káriká 16. The illustrations given (viz. the Rasas as modifications of Ap, water, with Earth-accretions) show that this process applies not only to the Gunas, but also to the Bhútas. यथा आकाशादेकरसं सलिलं पतितं नानारूपात संश्लेषात भिद्यते--(गौड़पाद on Káriká 17).--तत्र अपि (तैजसे शरीरे अपि) बहुतरपार्थिवावयवावष्टम्भात्. अल्पत्वे च अनुपभोगात (अनिरुद्ध on Sútra 112, Chap. V), जातिसाङ्कर्य स्य अस्माकमदोषत्वात् सामग्रीसमवधाने अनेकैरपि इन्द्रियैः एकदा एकवृत्तयुत्पादने बाधकं नास्ति। (विज्ञानभिक्षु,—प्रवचनभाष्य). - [Previous: v2.c34.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.173) - [Next: v2.c34.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.175) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.174) · Pramāṇa