History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c39.s4.12

c39.s4.12

As a typical and familiar instance of the variety of characteristic properties (or energies) that may result from variations in accompaniment or grouping, the Samkhya-Patanjala points to the various kinds of fruit acids and juices, all originating from one and the same *bhuta* (water) with different accretions of earthy matters In the same way, though we speak of only five classes of *tanmatras* and atoms, the infinite variety of the world results from the infinitely varied collocations of the three original *gunas*, which underlie *tanmatra* and atom alike.