A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.284
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.284
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Others hold that A´kása, Ether, never enters as a component part, and is always one and indivisible. In this view, the four Mahábhútas—Váyu, Tejas, Ap and Earth alone are supposed to be compounded, and by a process which may be called quaternion (cf. the Neo-Platonist quaternion) :— V = v₃ ( t₁. ap₁. e₁) T = t₃ ( v₁. ap₁. e₁) AP = ap₃ ( v₁. t₁. e₁) E = e₃ ( v₁. t₁. ap₁)