History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c14.s1.6

c14.s1.6

It may be stated at the outset that these theories were purely speculative in character with little or no experimental verification, being the result of only systematic and logical thoughts; yet they may be said to stand in good comparison with some of the most recent and advanced scientific ideas of our own time, and to bear the stamp of high intellectual perfection and sublime intuition. Two of the theories of cosmogenesis deserve particular mention in this connection.