History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c39.s6.10
History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c39.s6.10
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c39.s6.10
The isomeric modes of each *mahabhuta* have specific colours, tastes, etc. due to their structure, i.e., the arrangement of their atoms; and the physicochemical characters of compounds, whether of the same or of different *mahabhutas*, result from the collocation in unequal proportion of the different forces latent in the atoms of the component substances. Charaka adds that the varied forms (textures) and colours of organic substances, whether vegetable or animal, are derived in the same way.