A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.77

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2. This subtile matter, the Mass, charged with sound-potential, receives an accretion of Mass from the rudiment matter (Bhútádi) and by condensation and collocation evolves the Ákása Bhúta, the atomic Ákása, the proto-atom charged with the specific energy of the sound stimulus (actual vibratory motion.) (स एव भूतादिः शब्द-तन्मात्रात् स्वद्वितीयात् शब्दगुणकम् आकाशं ससर्ज । तथाच अहङ्कारशब्दतन्मात्राभ्यां मिलित्वा आकाशं सृज्यते,—योगवार्त्तिक or the Vishnu Purána's passage, Sutra 14, Pada IV).