[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.c35.134 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c35.134 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c35.134 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.134) ,, 128, ,, 5 \*after\* l. 5, add Origin of precious stones :—Some hazarded the guess that the precious stones are rocks (or earths) metamorphosed by natural process in the course of ages (Varaha-mihira—केचित् भुवः स्वभावात् वैचित्र्यं प्राहु रत्नानाम्—Utpala notes,—रत्नत्वं प्राप्ताः कालान्तरेन)। - [Previous: v2.c35.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.133) - [Next: v2.c35.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.135) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35) ## Linked texts (1) - [Buddhabhaṭṭīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.ratna.buddhabhattiya) — Buddha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.134) · Pramāṇa