[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.c34.77 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.77 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.77 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.77) 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). - [Previous: v2.c34.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.76) - [Next: v2.c34.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.78) - [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.c34.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.77) · Pramāṇa