[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.c34.310 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.310 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.310 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.310) The relation of the specific characters of molecules (and higher aggregates) to the original atomic qualities is reduced in the Nyáya-Vaiseshika to the following canons :— (a) कार्यगुणाः कारणगुणाः पूर्व्वकम् । (b) समानजातीयसंयोगः द्व्यारम्भकः न विजातीय-संयोगः (Here द्रव्य is used in a narrow technical sense, so as to exclude the quasi-compound substances). (c) अपाकजरूपरसगन्धस्पर्शपरिमाणकत्वैकपृथक्त्व-गुरुत्वद्रवत्वस्नेहवेगाः कारणगुणपूर्व्वकाः । (d) रूपरसगन्धानुष्णस्पर्शशब्द-परिमाणकत्वैकपृथक्त्वः समानजात्यारम्भकाः । No separate explanation is necessary, as the canons are embodied in the following exposition. - [Previous: v2.c34.309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.309) - [Next: v2.c34.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.311) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.310) · Pramāṇa