[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) › c36.s6.1 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c36.s6.1 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c36.s6.1 - **Language:** English ### [c36.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s6.1) \*Diamond\* :—Belief in the combustibility of diamond and in its being \*killed\* or reduced to fine ashes, as has been already referred to (\*cf.\* Rasaratnasamuchchaya, Book IV. The Gems; p. 178), was an accepted creed with the Hindu Iatrochemists. - [Previous: c36.s5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s5.38) - [Next: c36.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s6.2) - [Up: c36.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s6) ## Cites (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaratnasamuccaya) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s6.1) · Pramāṇa