History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c39.s3.4

c39.s3.4

The ultimate constitution of Matter is a question of the profoundest interest in the Samkhya-Patanjala system Three stages clearly stand out in the genesis of matter.—(1) the original infinitesimal units of Mass or inertia, absolutely homogeneous and ubiquitous, on which Energy does work, when the original equilibrium comes to an end,—(*bhutadi*); (2) the infra-atomic unit potentials, charged with different kinds of Energy, which result from the action of Energy on the original units of Mass,—(*tanmatra*), and (3) the five different classes of atoms, the minutest divisions, of which gross matter is capable, but which are themselves complex *tanmatric* systems,—(*sthula-bhuta paramanu*)