[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) › c39.s2.2 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c39.s2.2 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c39.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c39.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c39.s2.2) These mechanical examples of the Kapila-Samkhya have the merit of simplicity, but the Patanjali-Samkhya explains causation on the basis of the conservation and transformation of Energy, advancing it as the liberation of potential Energy, existing stored up in a \*guṇa\* collocation (the sum of material causes). The liberation follows on the action of the proximate efficient cause or concomitant condition. - [Previous: c39.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c39.s2.1) - [Next: c39.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c39.s2.3) - [Up: c39.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c39.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Yogasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasutra) — Patañjali (author of the Yogasūtra), Sanskrit - [Sāṃkhya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c39.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c39.s2.2) · Pramāṇa