[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956) › c28.s2.5 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c28.s2.5 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c28.s2.5 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c28.s2.5) \*Srotonjana\* is evidently stibnite or the native sulphide of antimony The word literally means ‘produced from a river’, especially from the Yamuna. - [Previous: c28.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c28.s2.4) - [Next: c28.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c28.s2.6) - [Up: c28.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c28.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c28.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c28.s2.5) · Pramāṇa