[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956) › c40.s3.8 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c40.s3.8 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c40.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [c40.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c40.s3.8) Others hold that \*akasa\*, ether, never enters as a component part, and is always one and indivisible. In this view the four \*mahabhutas\*—\*vayu\*, \*tejas\*, \*ap\* and \*earth alone\* are supposed to be compounded, and by a process which may be called quaternion:— - [Previous: c40.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c40.s3.7) - [Next: c40.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c40.s3.9) - [Up: c40.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c40.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c40.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c40.s3.8) · Pramāṇa