A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.176

v2.c34.176

But besides these transformations of substance (द्रव्यान्तर-परिणाम) by ‘isomeric’ or ‘heterogenic’ process, ceaseless changes go on in the characters, the modality, and the states of substances—changes which are due to the unequal distribution of force (or of stress and strain,—pressure) among the Gunas, which are in themselves constant. (धर्मलक्षणवस्थापरिणामाः न द्रव्यान्तरतः,—यथा एका रेखा शतस्थाने शतं दशस्थाने दश, एकैकस्थाने, यथा चैकत्वेऽपि स्त्री माता चोच्यते दुहिता च स्वसा चेति,—गुणनित्यत्वेऽपि गुणानां विमर्दे वैचित्र्यात्—व्यासभाष्य, Sútra 13, Pada III).