[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.c34.210 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.210 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.210 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.210) In fact with the exception of Susruta's waters, which are mechanical mixtures, or rather solutions, all these Ap-substances are organic products, and, as such, penta-Bhautic, \*i. e.\* compounded of all the five Mahábhútas, and the particular 'taste' which is developed depends on the relative proportion of the Mahábhútas, and the predominance of one or more of them in the penta-Bhautic compound in question. - [Previous: v2.c34.209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.209) - [Next: v2.c34.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.211) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.210) · Pramāṇa