[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c13.5 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c13.5 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c13.5 - **Language:** English ### [c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.5) (3) Law of Motion: The force of \*samskara\* (or persistent tendency to motion, i.e., \*vega\*) was known to diminish by doing work against a counteracting force; and when the \*samskara\* is in this way entirely destroyed, the moving body was known to come to a rest. Thus "\*vega\* corresponds to inertia in some respects, and to momentum (impressed motion) in others. This is the nearest approach to Newton's First Law of Motion,"⁵⁹ in the writings of Shamkara Mishra, the Doctor of Vaishesika (atomistic, Democritean) philosophy. - [Previous: c13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.4) - [Next: c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.6) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.5) · Pramāṇa