A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.189

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The view of the earlier Sánkhyas that atoms of different Bhútas may chemically combine to form molecules of compound substances as much as atoms of different modes of the same Bhúta comes out clearly in Utpala’s brief reference to the Sánkhya system in his commentary on Varáhamihira’s Vrihat Samhitá. ( एभ्यः पञ्चभ्यः [तन्मात्रेभ्यः] पञ्चमहाभूतानि भवन्ति । तेभ्यः शरीराणां शरीराणि । यतः पञ्चमहाभूतमयानि शरीराणि (Utpala, Chap. 1, S'loka 7 ).