History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c4.22

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Prafulla Chandra had a poor health, being victim of chronic dyspepsia and occasional insomnia. He lived a single and a very simple life of austerity, and always placed principles and ideals above material interests. It was a life of self-denial, but invigorated by the perennial fountain of all pure humanities. He gave away in charity almost all that he earned, keeping only the irreducible minimum for himself. It may be said of him that his wealth lay in the smallness of his wants.