[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.c34.288 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.288 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.288 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.288) Parináma—Evolutionary Process :—When the Mahábhútas are once formed, the different kinds of substance are derived from them by the evolutionary process called Parináma (परिणाम, transformation). Matter is constantly undergoing change of state. The effect is only the cause in a new collocation (कारणस्यैव संस्थानमात्रं कार्यम्). Change is of two kinds :— - [Previous: v2.c34.287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.287) - [Next: v2.c34.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.289) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.288) · Pramāṇa