[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.c35.60 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c35.60 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c35.60 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.60) Buddhist reply :—स्यादेतत् । यो यो धूमोदृष्टः स वह्निसाहचर्याद्रेन्धनसहित वह्निानन्तरमेव, न पिशाचानन्तरं । स च कादाचित्कतया निमित्तमपेक्षमाणो यदनन्तरमेव गम्यते तदेव अप्रतीतव्यभिचारं निमित्तं करोति, न तु प्रतीतव्यभिचारं रासभादि । नापि सर्वथाऽनुपलभ्यपिशाचादिः । यदि न तन्निमित्तं कस्मात् विनाऽपि वह्निं कचित् धूमो न उपलभ्यते । अथ असौ ( पिशाचः ) सर्वथा वह्निसाहचर्यवत् तथा सति आर्द्रेन्धनवत् कथं वह्निंरपि न कारणं । कारणं चेत् कथं तमनतरेण धूमभाव शङ्का । Now the phenomenon that is contingent (कादाचित्क) cannot be uncaused—अकारणस्य हि कार्यस्य नित्यं सत्त्वं असत्त्वं वा स्यात्, अनपेक्षत्वात् न कादाचित्कत्वम् । And with the limitation of a specific effect, there must be only one specific cause, for an unrestricted plurality of causes would amount to the denial of uniformity in causality (i. e., of the unconditional invariable antecedence)— - [Previous: v2.c35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.59) - [Next: v2.c35.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.61) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.60) · Pramāṇa