[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.c34.71 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.71 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.71 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.71) The first Tanmátra originated from the rudiment-matter (Bhútádi), the individuated but still indeterminate potential-less Mass in Prakriti, under the action of Energy (उपष्टम्भतः परिणामयन्ति—प्रवचनभाष्य, Sutra 62, Ch. I.) by a process of disintegration and emanation (विकृत्याणः—विष्णुपुराण—एकविकारारम्भः—व्यासभाष्य, Sutra 14, Pada IV. विकारभावः विकीर्णतास्वभावः व्यापिता इति - [Previous: v2.c34.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.70) - [Next: v2.c34.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.72) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) ## Linked texts (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.71) · Pramāṇa