History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c39.s3.14

c39.s3.14

This is typical of the genesis (and structure) of the *tanmatras* (kinds of subtile matter). In each of the remaining cases, an atomic Mass charged with actual specific energies disintegrates and emanates, and thus evolves a form of subtile matter (a kind of *tanmatra*) under the action of Energy, and always in the same menstruum or surrounding medium,—that of *bhutadi*, the super-subtile. Each kind of subtile matter becomes charged with a new potential in addition to the potentials already evolved. The genesis of an atom, *bhuta-paramanu* is a quite different process. Here the unit potential (*tanmatra*) receives an accretion of Mass, and by a sort of condensation and collocation evolves an atom (*bhuta-paramanu*).